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Patterns of Aging in Physically and Mentally Ill Patients
Author(s) -
MRAZEK SVATOPLUK A.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1972.tb00804.x
Subject(s) - medicine , arteriosclerosis , cerebral arteriosclerosis , excretion , osteoporosis , physiology , cholesterol , urinary system , pediatrics
Fifty‐one male patients who had been in a Veterans Administration neuropsychiatric hospital for an average of almost thirteen years underwent clinical and laboratory examinations to determine the degree of change in their condition since the last admission. The average age was 63 years (range, 29–88). No consistent abnormalities were noted in blood viscosity, serum calcium or serum cholesterol. Although urinary 17‐ketosteroid excretion was not related to age, it was related (low excretion) to osteoporosis. Plasma protein electrophoresis showed no relation between total lipoproteins and age. However, 12 of the 17 alpha 1 decreases and 17 of the 27 alpha 2 increases were in patients over 63. Chronic brain syndrome (chiefly associated with cerebral arteriosclerosis) became the predominant diagnosis after age 63.