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Open AccessFunctional status associated with postural dizziness, but not postural hypotension, in older adults: a community-based study
Functional status, postural dizziness (PD), and postural hypotension (PH) were important issues in older adults. Only one study on the relationship for the three of them in female was without adjusting some im...
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Open AccessEffects of age and gender on body composition indices as predictors of mortality in middle-aged and old people
To determine whether body composition indices interact with age and gender as a predictor of all-cause mortality, 1200 participants at least 40 years of age were recruited in 2009 and 2010. A multi-frequency b...
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Validation of the Taiwan FRAX® calculator for the prediction of fracture risk
The Taiwan FRAX® calculator was validated to predict incident fractures preliminarily. Cutoffs of FRAX probability for predicting major osteoporotic fracture and hip fracture were proposed as 9.5% and 4% in Ta...
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Increased amount and duration of tea consumption may be associated with decreased risk of renal stone disease
Previous studies have looked into the association between tea consumption and renal stone disease, but the impact of tea consumption over time has not yet been fully clarified. Our study aimed to examine the a...
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Open AccessDevelopment of diabetes-specific quality of life module to be in conjunction with the World Health Organization quality of life scale brief version (WHOQOL-BREF)
Although numerous health-related quality of life (HRQoL) instruments are available for patients with diabetes, the length of these measures may limit their feasibility to routine practice. Also, these measures...
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Open AccessThe association of serum lipids with the histological pattern of rectosigmoid adenoma in Taiwanese adults
The mortality rate of colorectal cancer ranks third behind lung and hepatic cancer in Taiwan. Colorectal cancer mostly arises from adenomatous polyps of left colon. The aim of our study was to examine the asso...
