Age-related differences in vitamin D status in Polish centenarians compared with 65-year-olds.

Introduction: Vitamin D status is known to change with age. However, little is known about vitamin D status in centenarians.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess vitamin D status and correlations among the levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH), 25‑hydroxycholecalciferol (25[OH]D), 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25[OH]D), calcium, inorganic phosphorus, and alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in centenarians.

[Assessment of the influence of rehabilitation in patients treated in a hospital rehabilitation ward due to consequences of neurological diseases].

Unlabelled: THE AIM OF THE STUDY was evaluation effects of rehabilitation in patients with consequences of neurological diseases.

Material And Methods: The study was conducted in the hospital department of rehabilitation. The study involved group of 30 patients consisting of 12 men aged from 48 to 76 years (mean age 64.

[Influence of antidepressant therapy on psychic state and functional and cognitive abilities elderly patients treated in psychiatric ward].

Unlabelled: Depression and cognitive disfunctions are the most common psychopathological disorders of older adults.

The Aim Of The Study: To asses effects of a pharmacological and psychological treatment performed in psychiatric ward on psychic state and functional and cognitive abilities in elderly patients with depression.

Material And Methods: The study included group of 35 patients with depression (22 women and 13 men) above 65 years old, consecutively admitted to the psychiatric ward.

[Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of sarcopenia].

Mass and power muscle declines with age, and is connected with impairment of their function. Every our proceedings associated with recognizing and curing elderly people should contain the evaluation of mass and muscle power. At the paper is presented causes, recognizing, preventive proceedings in older persons with sarcopenia.