Publications by authors named "Eliseo Ramirez-Garcia"

Background: As the number of programs aimed at preventing fragility fractures and mitigating the phenomenon of cascade fractures is increasing worldwide, so it is necessary to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs to seek their feasible implementation at regional and global levels.

Aims: This paper aims to provide an overview focusing on the incidence of secondary fractures after the implementation of any type of fracture liaison service (FLS). To this end, a scoping review was conducted focusing on the identification of clinical evidence reported in systematic reviews of the medical literature in this area.

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Background: The most common traumatic injury among older individuals worldwide is hip fracture. Higher incidence after 70 years old and women (80-85%). Hospital discharges in Mexico have little evidence.

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Objetivo: Determinar la asociación entre mala autopercepción de salud oral y fragilidad en personas mayores. Material y métodos. Estudio transversal en personas mayores de la Ciudad de México.

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The response of the authors of the article "Sleep disorders in older people. How do older people in Mexico City sleep?" is presented, in which they carry out pertinent clarifications.

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Background: Good sleep is essential for physical and mental health throughout life. However, there are few reports describing the sleep problems experienced by communitydwelling older people.

Objective: To describe the prevalence of sleep disorders and their relationship with medical conditions in communitydwelling older people.

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Purpose: To analyze the association between risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), insomnia, sleepiness and self-assessed sleep duration with frailty in older adults.

Patients And Methods: Cross-sectional study with 1643 older adults (60 to 97 years old) who participated in round 6 (2019) of the Cohort of Obesity Sarcopenia and Obesity in Older Adults of the Mexican Institute of Social Security. The Berlin Questionnaire was used to assess risk of OSA, the Athens Insomnia Scale for insomnia, the Epworth Scale for sleepiness, and sleep duration by self-report.

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Purpose: To identify factors associated with recovered functionality after a hip fracture in a sample of older adult patients.

Patients And Methods: Nested case-control study in a cohort. Older adults (60 years or older) with a hip fracture were recruited between May 2017 and October 2018.

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Objective: Several studies have documented associations between social isolation and poor physical health or well-being. However, little is known of the importance of social support among older adults on specific topics about their quality of life. The purpose of the present study was to determine the relationship between social isolation and quality of life among older adults.

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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is known as the counter-regulator of the renin-angiotensin system, it cleaves angiotensin II to render Ag 1-7, a potent vasodilator with multiple roles in cardiovascular protection. A few studies have pinpointed polymorphisms and their relationship with heart function and hypertension in a sex-dependent manner. These observations still lack replication mostly for admixed populations.

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Objective: To analyze the influence that sex has on the association between insomnia, sleep quality, sleep duration, and frailty in older adults.

Subjects & Methods: Cross sectional study from the Cohort Obesity, Sarcopenia, and Frailty in Older Mexican Adults (COSFOMA). In total, 493 older adults aged 64-94 participated.

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Purpose: The present study aims to explore characteristics associated with low perception of autonomy among community-dwelling older adults.

Patients And Methods: This original research was derived from a cross-sectional study based on the study COSFOMA with information from 1,252 (60 years and older) community-dwelling older adults whose data was obtained through a questionnaire that included sociodemographic characteristics, as well as different scales of geriatric assessment. The perception of autonomy was evaluated with the autonomy sub-scale of the Quality of Life Scale of Older Adults from the World Health Organization (World Health Organization Quality of Life of Older Adults, WHOQOL-OLD).

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Background: Sleep plays a vital role in good health. Since sleep disturbances have been linked to a series of adverse physical health outcomes, the objective was to analyze the association between sleep disturbances and the frailty criteria in Mexican older adults from Mexico City.

Methods: The study design was cross-sectional.

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Background: Mexico City has the highest aging rate in the country, as well as a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and hypertension (HT). It is known that each one of these conditions increase oxidative stress (OS) independently.

Methods: With this study we described changes in OS of 18 patients without DM or HT (controls), 12 with DM, 23 with HT, and 18 with DM and HT, all of them members of the COSFAMM (Cohorte de Obesidad, Sarcopenia y Fragilidad en Adultos Mayores de México).

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