Publications by authors named "Jonathan Laussen"
Background: Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and absence of depressive symptoms are of great importance for older people, which may be achieved through lifestyle interventions, e.g., exercise and nutrition interventions.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders (LIFE) clinical trial demonstrated that a structured program of physical activity (PA) reduced mobility-disability in older adults by up to 28%. It remains unknown whether the benefits of LIFE PA can be translated to older adults at risk for mobility-disability in real-world community-based settings. To address this knowledge gap, we conducted the ENhancing independence using Group-based community interventions for healthy AGing in Elders (ENGAGE) pilot study and examined the safety, feasibility, and preliminary effectiveness of translating LIFE PA to a community-based senior center.
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- The study aimed to investigate a possible link between blood group B and congenital cardiac defects in a larger group of patients, following earlier observations in a small sample of African-American children.
- Researchers analyzed data from 1,985 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, categorizing them into six diagnostic subgroups, and compared their ABO blood group distributions to those found in the general U.S. population.
- The findings revealed no significant relationship between ABO blood phenotypes and congenital cardiac defects, suggesting that the earlier reported association may not hold true in a larger, more diverse population.