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SUBMITTER: Cervellati C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5832662 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cervellati Carlo C Trentini Alessandro A Bosi Cristina C Valacchi Giuseppe G Morieri Mario Luca ML Zurlo Amedeo A Brombo Gloria G Passaro Angelina A Zuliani Giovanni G
GeroScience 20180210 1
The decline in basic and instrumental activities of daily living (BADLs and IADLs, respectively) is a well-established clinical hallmark of dementia. Growing evidence has shown that systemic subclinical inflammation may be related to functional impairment. We evaluated the possible association between low-grade systemic inflammation and functional disability in older individuals affected by dementia. We explored the association between high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) levels and BADL ...[more]