The Life Functioning Scale: A Measurement Tool Developed to Assess the Physical Functioning Abilities of Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 50 Years or Older by Yunhwan Lee, Eunsaem Kim, Jihye Yun, Jaewon Choi, Jinhee Kim, Chang Won Won, Miji Kim, Soongnang Jang, Kyungwon Oh, Jihee Kim

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Relationship Between Internet Use and Cognitive Function Among Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Adults: 5-Year Longitudinal Study by Bowen Chen, Chun Yang, Shanshan Ren, Penggao Li, Jin Zhao

“…The negative impact of aging (>50 years) on cognitive function was consistently less pronounced among internet users than among nonusers. …”
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Associations between arterial health and sexual function in women aged 60–64 years by Viivi Virkkunen, Katja Kero, Mari Koivisto, Teemu Niiranen, Olli Heinonen, Sari Stenholm, Päivi Polo‐Kantola

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Crop of the Middle Urals in 1913-2012: One Hundred Years of Reforming by V. N. Mamyachenkov

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Functional capacity of patients with coronary artery disease at middle age by Khalida Alwan Mansour, Ali Kathum Jassem

“… Objectives: The study aims to identify the functional capacity for patients with coronary artery disease at middle age, and to find out the significant relation between functional capacity domains with variables patients gender, age, marital status, level of education, and income. …”
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Systemic inflammation in young adults is associated with abnormal lung function in middle age. by Ravi Kalhan, Betty T Tran, Laura A Colangelo, Sharon R Rosenberg, Kiang Liu, Bharat Thyagarajan, David R Jacobs, Lewis J Smith

“…Higher year 7 fibrinogen was associated with greater loss of forced vital capacity (FVC) between years 5 and 20 (439 mL in quartile 4 vs. 398 mL in quartile 1, P<0.001) and forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV(1)) (487 mL in quartile 4 vs. 446 mL in quartile 1, P<0.001) independent of cigarette smoking, body habitus, baseline lung function and demographic factors. …”
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Association of Smoking with Indicators of the Structure and Function of Blood Vessels in Middle-aged Men by O. Yu. Isaykina, V. B. Rozanov, А. А. Aleksandrov, M. B. Kotova

“…To study the association of smoking with indicators of the structure and function of blood vessels in a sample of middle-aged men.Material and methods. …”
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Diastolic function in middle-aged women with factors of unfavorable course and outcomes of pregnancy by M. I. Shperling ., V. M. Kosulina, O. N. Dzhioeva, O. M. Drapkina

“…To assess the parameters of left ventricular diastolic function in middle-aged women in association with unfavorable factors of pregnancy.Material and methods. …”
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Dehydroepiandrosterone and cognitive impairment and impact in cardiovascular mortality among men and women 55 years and older by S. A. Shalnova, N. A. Imaeva, A. E. Imaeva, V. A. Kutsenko, Yu. A. Balanova, A. V. Kapustina, O. M. Drapkina

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Association of smoking with indicators of the structure and function of left ventricle of the heart in middle-aged men by O. Yu. Isaykina, V. B. Rozanov, A. A. Aleksandrov, M. B. Kotova, M. A. Isaykina, O. M. Drapkina

“…Evaluation of the association of smoking (status, intensity and duration) with indicators of the structure and function of the left ventricle of the heart in a sample of middle-aged men.Material and methods. …”
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Association between lifestyle factors and liver function parameters in the middle-aged and older population by Lin Ye Sun, Ting Yu Lu, Ya Li Jin, Wei Sen Zhang, Lin Xu

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Association of depressive symptoms, physical function, and cardiovascular disease risk in middle-aged and elderly Chinese by Miao Li, Miao Li, Shuo Zhuang, Yan Gao

“…The subsequent seven-year endeavor, which ran from 2011 to 2018, enrolled Chinese adults who were middle-aged and older (≥45 years). …”
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Surgical resection of a middle mediastinal paraganglioma that caused diabetes by Kentaro Miura, Nobutaka Kobayashi, Hidetoshi Satomi

“…The patient’s uncontrolled diabetes was cured after the surgery, and the tumor was diagnosed as a functional paraganglioma. Conclusions We encountered a rare case of functional paraganglioma located in the middle mediastinum. …”
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A Cross-sectional Study to Assess the Association Between Middle Ear Function and Sinonasal Infections by Mayur Ingale, Rose Johnson, James Thomas, Vinod Shinde, Manu S. Babu, Vandana Arvind

“…The extent of the lesion and length of the disease course correlate with greater middle ear damage, highlighting the importance of early diagnosis and management of sinusitis to prevent long-term complications in middle ear function.…”
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Naps, night-time sleep and cognitive function among middle-aged and older people in China. by Xiuxiu Zhou, Yutang Tan, Di He, Hong Wu

“…The study examined the relationship between napping, night-time sleep, and cognitive function using fixed-effects analysis over a period of five years.…”
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Multimorbidity patterns and function among adults in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review by Karina Berner, Quinette A Louw, Eugene Nizeyimana, Diribsa Tsegaye Bedada

“…Objectives To map the scope of available evidence on relationships between multimorbidity patterns and functioning among adults in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), and describe methods used.Design Scoping review guided by a five-step methodological framework and Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews reporting guidelines.Data sources PubMed/MEDLINE, Scopus, EBSCOhost (CINAHL) and Cochrane databases were searched from January 1976 to March 2023, plus reference lists of included studies.Eligibility criteria for selecting studies Peer-reviewed full-text articles or conference proceedings of any design, published in English or Afrikaans, involving adults (&gt;18 years) with multimorbidity living in LMICs. …”
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Effect of Multimodal Exercises on Functional Capacity, Hand Grip Strength, and Pulmonary Function among Middle-aged Postmenopausal Women: A Quasi-experimental Preliminary Study by Hina Vaish, Digvijay Sharma

“…Objective: The study aimed to explore the effect of multimodal exercises on functional capacity, hand grip strength (HGS), and pulmonary function among middle-aged postmenopausal women. …”
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The examination of physical function and cognitive outcomes in middle-to-older high-risk adults: an unsupervised clustering method by Joshua L. Gills, Joshua L. Gills, Megan D. Jones, Anthony Campitelli, Anthony Campitelli, Sally Paulson, Sally Paulson, Cody Diehl, Charles Rodgers, Charles Rodgers, Erica Madero, Jennifer R. Myers, Kelsey Bryk, Omonigho Michael Bubu, Omonigho Michael Bubu, Omonigho Michael Bubu, Jordan M. Glenn, Michelle Gray

“…Early detection and specific mitigation efforts are warranted to blunt the alarming increase. Physical function index (PFI) declines with age; additionally, higher PFI is associated with better cognitive functioning in middle-to-older age individuals. …”
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Bidirectional association between depression and cognition in Chinese middle-aged and older women: a 10-year longitudinal study by Xiaoxu Jiang, Zheng Jiang, Zheng Jiang

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Relationships between muscle strength, lung function, and cognitive function in Chinese middle-aged and older adults: A study based on the China health and retirement longitudinal... by Yixuan Ma, Xinze Wu, Yinjiao Zhao, Weihao Hong, Yisheng Luan, Peiyu Song, Bing Zhang

“…This study aims to analyze the interaction between muscle strength, lung function, and cognitive function in Chinese middle-aged and older adults, providing a theoretical basis for better prevention of cognitive decline. …”
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