A longitudinal study of ageing persons

This submission is composed of papers based upon a longitudinal study of ageing persons carried on in Edinburgh from 1968 to 1974. The subjects were 215 men and 272 women aged'63 -90 years who formed a simple random sample of the 27, 000 older people living in ten city wards in north Edinburgh in 1968. Examinations, relevant to this submission, were made by a physician, a psychiatrist and a dietician.The first examination was made in 1968 -69 with reviews after one (1969 -70) and five (1973 -74) years. The project was designed to study physical and mental health over this period and to record certain measurements. The year 1967 was spent planning the study, validating the questionnaire and learning to make reproducible measurements.The first examination yielded papers describing cross - sectional data in respect of respiratory symptoms and function, ischaemic heart disease, heart size, peripheral vascular disease, spinal curvature, vision, hearing, haematological variables, plasma urea, bowel habit, feet, urinary signs and symptoms, the ankle jerk, the androgyny score and diet related to health.The review examinations provided papers describing longitudinal aspects of respiratory studies, ischaemic heart disease, heart size, blood pressure and stroke, vision, hearing, bone mass, height, body weight and skinfold thicknessOther papers were concerned with sampling, methods, the fate of the sample, factors related to mortality and the use of medical services.LIST OF PAPERS:A. Methods, Sampling and Use of Services1. MILNE, J.S., HOPE, K. and WILLIAMSON, J. Variability in replies to a questionnaire on symptoms of physical illness. Journal of Chronic Diseases 1970, 22, 805. | 2. MILNE, J.S., MAULE, M.M. and WILLIAMSON, J. Method of sampling in a study of older people with a comparison of respondents and non -respondents. British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 1971, 25, 37. | 3. MILNE, J.S., MAULE, M.M., CORMACK, S. and WILLIAMSON, J. The design and testing of a questionnaire and examination to assess physical and mental health in older people, using a staff nurse as the observer. Journal of Chronic Diseases 1972, 25, 385. | 4. MILNE, J.S. and CHOPIN, J. Reviews after one and five years in a longitudinal study of ageing persons. Age and Ageing 1975, 4, 152. | 5. MILNE, J.S. and LAUDER, I.J. Factors associated with mortality in older people. Age and Ageing 1978, 7, 129. | 6. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Comparison of teaching machine with an observer in the detection of angina pectoris by questionnaire. British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 1971, 25, 105. | 7. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. The use of medical services by older people. Health Bulletin 1972, 31, 263.B. Cardiovascular and Respiratory8. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Respiratory function tests in older people. Clinical Science 1972, 42, 371. | 9. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Respiratory symptoms and smoking habits in older people, with age and sex differences. Respiration 1972, 29, 359. | 10 MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. The relationship of respiratory function tests to respiratory symptoms and smoking in older people. Respiration 1972, 29, 206. | 11. MILNE, J.S. Longitudinal respiratory studies in older people. Thorax 1978, 33, 547. | 12. KITCHIN, A.H., LOWTHER, C.P. and MILNE, J.S. Prevalence of clinical and electrocardiographic evidence of ischaemic heart disease in the older population. British Heart Journal 1973, 35, 946. | 13. MILNE, J.S. and LAUDER, I.J. Heart size in older people. British Heart Journal 1974, 36, 352. | 14. KITCHIN, A.H. and MILNE, J.S. Longitudinal survey of ischaemic heart disease in randomly selected sample of older population. British Heart Journal 1977, 39, 889. | 15. LAUDER, I.J. and MILNE, J.S. Longitudinal study of heart size in older people. British Heart Journal 1976, 38, 1286. 16. MILNE, J.S. A longitudinal study of blood pressure and stroke in older people. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Gerontology. 1981 in the press. | 17. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Intermittent claudication and peripheral pulses in older people. Age and Ageing 1972, 1, 146.C. Special Senses18. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Visual acuity in older people. Gerontologia Clinica 1972, 14, 249. | 19. MILNE, J.S. Longitudinal studies of vision in older people. Age and Ageing 1979, 8, 160. | 20. MILNE, J.S. and LAUDER, I.J. Pure tone audiometry in older people. British Journal of Audiology 1975, 9, 50. | 21. MILNE, J.S. Hearing loss related to some signs and symptoms in older people. British Journal of Audiology 1976, 10, 65. | 22. MILNE, J.S. The air -bone gap in older people. British Journal of Audiology 1977, 11, 1. | 23. MILNE, J.S. A longitudinal study of hearing loss in older people. British Journal of Audiology 1977, 11, 7.D. Anthropometry24. MILNE, J.S. Longitudinal studies of body weight and skinfold thickness in older people. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Gerontology 1979, 1, 101. | 25. MILNE, J.S. A longitudinal study of height in older people. Journal of Clinical and Experimental Gerontology. 1981 in the press. | 26. MILNE, J.S. and LAUDER, I.J. Age effects in kyphosis and lordosis in adults. Annals of Human Biology, 1974, 1, 327. | 27. MILNE, J.S. and LAUDER, I.J. The relationship of kyphosis to the shape of vertebral bodies. Annals of Human Biology 1976, 3, 173. | 28. MILNE, J.S. and LONERGAN, M.E. A five -year follow -up study of bone mass in older people. Annals of Human Biology 1977, 4, 243. | 29. LAUDER, I.J. and MILNE, J.S. Bone mass in men with Klinefelter's syndrome and in normal subjects, estimated by the cortical thickness of bone. Clinical Genetics 1975, 8, 48. | 30. MILNE, J.S. Age differences in the Androgyny Score. British Journal of Preventive and Social Medicine 1972, 26, 231. | 31. MILNE, J.S., LAUDER, I.J. and PRICE, W.H. Anthropometry in sex chromosome abnormality. Clinical Genetics 1974, 5, 96.E. Blood Examination32. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. The ESR in older people. Gerontologia Clinica 1972, 14, 36. | 33. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Plasma urea concentration in older people. Gerontologia Clinica 1972, 14, 32. | 34. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Haemoglobin, Haematocrit, leukocyte count and blood grouping in older people. Geriatrics 1972, 27, 118.F. Miscellaneous35. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. Bowel habit in older people. Gerontologia Clinica 1972, 14, 56 | 36. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. The feet of older people. The Chiropodist 1972, 27, 142. | 37. MILNE, J.S., WILLIAMSON, J., MAULE, M.M. and WALLACE, E.T. Urinary symptoms in older people. Modern Geriatrics 1972, 2, 198. | 38. MILNE, J.S. and WILLIAMSON, J. The ankle jerk in older people. Gerontologia Clinica 1972, 14, 86.G. Dietary39. MILNE, J.S., LONERGAN, M.E., WILLIAMSON, J., MOORE, F.M.L., McMASTER, R. and PERCY, N. Leucocyte ascorbic acid levels and vitamin C intake in older people. British Medical Journal 1971, 4, 383. | 40. LONERGAN, M.E., MILNE, J.S., MAULE, M.M. and WILLIAMSON, J. A dietary survey of older people in Edinburgh. British journal of Nutrition 1975, 34, 517.H. Review41. MILNE, J.S. Prevalence of incontinence in the elderly age groups: in Incontinence in the Elderly edited by WILLINGTON, F.L. Academic Press. London. New York. San Francisco. 1976 pp 9 -21. | 42. MILNE, J.S. Mesure de la densité osseuse chez le viellard. Médecine et Hygiene 1973, 31, 35. 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