Inflammatory and vascular markers and olfactory impairment in older adults
Author(s) -
Carla R. Schubert,
Karen J. Cruickshanks,
Mary Fischer,
Ronald Klein,
A. Alex Pinto
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv075
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , olfaction , population , risk factor , subclinical infection , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , etiology , physics , environmental health , neuroscience , optics , biology
the incidence of olfactory impairment increases sharply in the eighth and ninth decades of life but the aetiology of age-related olfactory decline is not well understood. Inflammation and atherosclerosis are associated with many age-related conditions and atherosclerosis has been associated with olfactory decline in middle-aged adults.
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