Search for dissertations about: "diabetes on old people"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 swedish dissertations containing the words diabetes on old people.
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1. Impact of psychosocial working conditions on health in older age
Abstract : Work takes up a large proportion of time in our adult lives, thus possibly making it an important determinant of health. This doctoral thesis aimed to investigate the impact of psychosocial working conditions on health in older age, including metabolic and cognitive health, and disability. READ MORE
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2. Genetic and environmental factors in relation to childhood type 1 diabetes mellitus aetiology and clinical presentation in Sweden and Lithuania
Abstract : Background. Incidence of Type I diabetes mellitus (DM) is increasing worldwide. It is affecting mostly young people, with the dramatically rising incidence among youngest children (those under age of 5 years). READ MORE
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3. Interplay between birthweight, family history, obesity, and genes in the development of latent autoimmune diabetes in adults (LADA) and type 2 diabetes
Abstract : Diabetes is a chronic and serious public health concern affecting millions of people around the globe. For effective prevention understanding of modifiable risk factors is fundamental. For type 2 diabetes these risk factors are well-described. However, for autoimmune diabetes such as type 1 diabetes, information is essentially missing. READ MORE
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4. The effect of somatic disorders on brain aging and dementia : findings from population studies
Abstract : This doctoral thesis investigates the effect of somatic disorders on dementia, Alzheimer s disease (AD) and brain aging in late-life. The data for the studies are provided by the Kungsholmen Project (Studies I and II) and the Faenza Project (Studies III and IV). READ MORE
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5. Cardiovascular risk factors, brain structure, and cognitive decline in old age : a population-based study
Abstract : This doctoral thesis investigated the burden of cardiovascular risk factors among older adults (age ≥60 years) living in central Stockholm (Study I) and the associations of these risk factors with structural brain characteristics and cognitive decline in aging, taking genetic background (APOE gene) into account (Studies II, III, and IV). All studies in this thesis use data from the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen (SNAC-K) and the embedded SNAC-K Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) study. READ MORE