Contents
Geriatrics and Gerontology International Volume 21 Issue 1, January 2021
SOCIAL RESEARCH, PLANNING AND PRACTICE Advance care planning and advance directive awareness among East Asian older adults: Japan, Hong Kong and South Korea
A Kawakami et al. 71
Social participation and barriers to community activities among middle-aged and older Canadians: Differences and similarities according to gender and age
D Naud et al. 77
BIOLOGY
Protective effects of saponins from Panax japonicus on neurons of the colon myenteric plexus in aging rats through reduction of α-synuclein through endoplasmic reticulum stress
Y Guo et al. 85
Association between uric acid and atherosclerosis in community-dwelling older people: The SONIC study
K Tanaka et al. 94
Met and unmet care needs of home-living people with dementia in China: An observational study using the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly
J Zhang et al. 102
Bioinformatics analysis of autophagy-lysosomal degradation in cardiac aging
T Kamihara and T Murohara 108
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR CASE REPORT
Severe hypoglycemia in an elderly patient with Alzheimer’s disease and with sepsis: The role of neurotransmitters on glucose regulation
T Nagamine 116
COMMENTS
Comment on “Calf circumference and risk of cardiovascular disease”
P Soysal 117
Comprensive Geriatric Assessment in hospitalized older patients with COVID-19
A Castagna et al. 118
COVID-19 in older adults: Typically atypical
AK J Mandal et al. 119
INVITED REVIEW ARTICLE
Nutritional status related to poor health outcomes in older people: Which is better, obese or lean?
M Kuzuya 5
EPIDEMIOLOGY, CLINICAL PRACTICE AND HEALTH
Digastric muscle mass and intensity in older patients with sarcopenic dysphagia by ultrasonography
N Ogawa et al. 14
Low prevalence of radiographic hip osteoarthritis and its discordance with hip pain: A nationwide study in Korea
JH Park et al. 20
Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is associated with sarcopenia and frailty in Japanese hemodialysis patients
S Miyazaki et al. 27
Internet use and self-rated health among Chinese older adults: The mediating role of social capital
S Lyu and J Sun 34
Association between frailty and changes in lifestyle and physical or psychological conditions among older adults affected by the coronavirus disease 2019 countermeasures in Japan
T Shinohara et al. 39
Prediction of transition from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s disease based on a logistic
regression–artificial neural network–decision tree model
J Kuang et al. 43
Dentition status and 10-year higher-level functional capacity trajectories in older adults
M Iwasaki and A Yoshihara 48
Low back pain is closely associated with frailty but not with sarcopenia: Cross-sectional study of rural Japanese community-dwelling older adults
S Tsuji et al. 54
COVID-19 in older adults: What are the differences with younger patients?
AB Gómez-Belda et al. 60
Impact of polypharmacy on oral health status in elderly patients admitted to the recovery and rehabilitation ward
J Nakamura et al. 66
