| Title |
The effect of testosterone and a nutritional supplement on hospital admissions in under-nourished, older people
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Geriatrics, October 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2318-11-66 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Cynthia Piantadosi, Renuka Visvanathan, Vasi Naganathan, Peter Hunter, Ian D Cameron, Kylie Lange, Jonathan Karnon, Ian M Chapman |
| Abstract |
Weight loss and under-nutrition are relatively common in older people, and are associated with poor outcomes including increased rates of hospital admissions and death. In a pilot study of 49 undernourished older, community dwelling people we found that daily treatment for one year with a combination of testosterone tablets and a nutritional supplement produced a significant reduction in hospitalizations. We propose a larger, multicentre study to explore and hopefully confirm this exciting, potentially important finding (NHMRC project grant number 627178). |
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|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 3 | 100% |
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| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 86 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 21 | 24% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 13% |
| Researcher | 11 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 10% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 12% |
| Unknown | 19 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 24% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 12 | 13% |
| Sports and Recreations | 9 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 16 | 18% |
| Unknown | 22 | 25% |
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