Association between vitamin B12 levels and mortality in hospitalized older adults

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 523-526

  Tal, Sari ^a   Shavit, Yoav ^b   Stern, Felicia ^b   Malnick, Stephen ^a  

^a KAPLAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hospitalized older adults; In hospital mortality; Metformin; Vitamin B12 status

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; ISRAEL; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; METFORMIN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 12 DEFICIENCY;

EID: 77949371598     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02721.x     Document Type: Article

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