Sentences with phrase «impaired elderly individuals»
Nearly 2 million frail elderly Americans live in long - term care facilities and many of them have osteoporosis and bone fracture rates higher than less impaired elderly individuals.
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These findings lead to the hypothesis that impaired immune responses in the elderly to infection or vaccination reflects dysregulation of immunoregulatory pathways and metabolic pathways, which work in concert to orchestrate an effective immune response in young healthy individuals.
In elderly individuals, vitamin B12 deficiency is more common mainly because of impaired intestinal absorption that can result in marginal to severe vitamin B12 deficiency in this population.