Falls may trigger body weight decline in nursing home residents.

Objectives: The effect of falls on changes in body weight is still unknown. This study investigated the extent to which falls can modify the course of body weight in nursing home residents, and aimed to identify the factors that might modulate this effect.

Methods: The sample included 132 residents aged ≥60 y who had experienced at least one fall after nursing home admission.

Surgical aortic valve replacement in elderly patients: effects on physical performance, cognitive function and health-related quality of life.

Background: Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is still the gold standard for treating aortic valve stenosis (AVS). Its effectiveness has been extensively examined in terms of perioperative mortality, but its impact on overall health has received much less attention.

Aims: To assess the physical performance, cognitive status, and health-related quality of life of elderly patients undergoing SAVR, in the short, medium and long term.

Gender differences in the impact of metabolic syndrome components on mortality in older people: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Background And Aims: The influence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) on mortality may be influenced by age- and gender-related changes affecting the impact of individual MetS components. We investigated gender differences in the association between MetS components and mortality in community-dwelling older adults.

Methods And Results: Prospective studies were identified through a systematic literature review up to June 2019.

Malnutrition is associated with increased risk of hospital admission and death in the first 18 months of institutionalization.

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the association between different nutritional and anthropometric parameters with the risk of hospitalizations and death within 18 months from nursing home admission. Our hypothesis was that measures of malnutrition could be more strongly associated with worse clinical outcomes than measures of overweight/obesity.

Methods: This prospective study involved 144 older adults newly admitted in nursing home and followed up over 18 months.

The Impact of Smoking on Bone Metabolism, Bone Mineral Density and Vertebral Fractures in Postmenopausal Women.

Background: Smoking is recognized among the risk factors for osteoporosis, but only few studies have comprehensively explored its influence on bone metabolism and strength. We aimed to evaluate smoking effects on calcium-phosphate metabolism, bone mineral density (BMD) and fracture risk in postmenopausal women.

Methods: Our sample included 1067 postmenopausal women who arrived to our osteoporosis outpatient clinic.