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Kane RL, Talley KMC, Shamliyan T, et al. Common Syndromes in Older Adults Related to Primary and Secondary Prevention [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2011 Jul. (Evidence Syntheses/Technology Assessments, No. 87.)

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Acronyms/Abbreviations

3MSE

Modified Mini-Mental State Examination

ADLs

Activities of daily living

AHEAD

Asset and Health Dynamics Among the Oldest Old

AHRQ

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

AUC

Area under the receiver operating characteristic curve

BADLs

Basic activities of daily living

BISEP

Burden of Illness Score for Elderly Persons

BMI

Body mass index

CDC

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CHS

Cardiovascular Health Study

CI

Confidence interval

COL

Colonoscopy

CRP

C-reactive protein

DCBE

Double-contrast barium enema

DSM

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

ED

Emergency department

EWGSOP

European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People

F-DNA

Fecal DNA testing

FOBT

Fecal occult blood testing

GMS

Geriatric Mental Status Examination

Health ABC

Health Aging and Body Composition

HR

Hazard ratio

IADLs

Instrumental activities of daily living

IL

Interleukin

LSOA

Longitudinal Study of Aging

MHCPS

Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study

MeSH

Medical subject headings

MMSE

Mini-Mental State Examination

MNA

Mini Nutritional Assessment

NHANES

National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

OR

Odds ratio

PAQUID

Personnes Agées QUID

PAR

Population attributable risk

PICOTS

Population, Intervention, Comparator, Outcomes, Time, and Settings

PEP

Precipitating Events Project

RCT

Randomized controlled trial

RDW

Red cell distribution width

RR

Relative risk

SHARE

Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe

SIG

Flexible sigmoidoscopy

SPMSQ

Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire

TEP

Technical expert panel

TICS

Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status

USPSTF

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

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