| Markers of inflammation, vitamin E and peripheral nervous system function: the InCHIANTI study. | |
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PMID: 16112778 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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BACKGROUND: Aging of the peripheral nervous system is associated with several morphologic and functional changes, including a decrease of the nerve conduction velocity. There is evidence that these changes contribute to age-related-decline in muscle strength, sensory discrimination, and autonomic responses. The aim of this study was to characterize the decline in nerve conduction velocity in the peripheral nervous system over the aging process and to identify factors that, independent of age, affect nerve conduction velocity. METHODS: We measured motor nerve conduction velocity of the right superficial peroneal nerve using a standard neurophysiologic technique in a population-based sample of subjects aged between 20 and 103 years old enrolled in the InCHIANTI study. RESULTS: Average conduction velocities in the peripheral nerve decreased linearly with age in both sexes. We found that diabetes, cognitive impairment, uric acid, sIL-6R and alpha-tocopherol were significant predictors of nerve conduction velocity independently of the potential confounding effect of age, sex, sex x age interaction term, height, lymphocytes, neutrophils number, alpha1 and alpha2-globulin serum protein. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that inflammation and inadequate antioxidant defenses are associated with accelerated decline of nerve conduction velocity over the aging process. |
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Authors:
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Angelo Di Iorio; Antonio Cherubini; Stefano Volpato; Eleonora Sparvieri; Fulvio Lauretani; Claudio Franceschi; Umberto Senin; Giuseppe Abate; Roberto Paganelli; Antonio Martin; Cristina Andres-Lacueva; Luigi Ferrucci |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2005-08-22 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Neurobiology of aging Volume: 27 ISSN: 1558-1497 ISO Abbreviation: Neurobiol. Aging Publication Date: 2006 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2006-07-24 Completed Date: 2006-08-28 Revised Date: 2012-03-07 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 8100437 Medline TA: Neurobiol Aging Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1280-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Laboratory of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Medicine and Sciences of Aging, University G. D'Annunzio, Via dei Vestini 5, 66013 Chieti Scalo, Italy. a.diiorio@unich.it |
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Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging / physiology* Biological Markers Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / methods Cluster Analysis Cytokines / blood Electric Stimulation / methods Electromyography / methods Female Humans Inflammation / diagnosis, metabolism* Linear Models Male Middle Aged Neural Conduction / physiology* Peripheral Nervous System / physiology* Reaction Time / physiology Sex Factors Vitamin E / metabolism* |
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263MD821336/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS; 263MD916413/MD/NIMHD NIH HHS; Z99 AG999999/AG/NIA NIH HHS |
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0/Biological Markers; 0/Cytokines; 1406-18-4/Vitamin E |
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