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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN SERUM 25‐HYDROXYVITAMIN D CONCENTRATIONS AND VISION: A CROSS‐SECTIONAL POPULATION‐BASED STUDY OF OLDER ADULTS
Author(s) -
Beauchet Olivier,
Milea Dan,
Graffe Alix,
Fantino Bruno,
Annweiler Cédric
Publication year - 2011
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.1532-5415.2010.03299.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , population , vitamin d and neurology , visual acuity , fundus photography , body mass index , macular degeneration , fundus (uterus) , vitamin d deficiency , gerontology , pediatrics , ophthalmology , environmental health , pathology , fluorescein angiography
DISCUSSION The finding that only approximately half of elderly patients with UTI have any urinary tract symptoms is consistent with previous studies. Nonspecific declines in function or symptoms suggesting a respiratory origin have previously been associated with bUTI in older adults. Despite proven bacteremia, 8.1% of patients aged 75 and older did not have even mild pyrexia (437.01C) at any stage of their illness. Twenty-seven percent of patients aged 75 and older did not reach the more stringent criteria of a temperature greater than 37.91C. Previous studies of bUTI have also found that 37% to 49% of older patients do not have significant pyrexia at the time of presentation. The observed mortality rate of 27% in the group aged 75 and older is similar to that reported in other studies (15–33%). None of the schemes evaluated against the data in this series showed reliable sensitivity to detect bUTI in a hospitalized patient group.