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1. Neutrophil–Lymphocytes Ratio as Potential Early Marker for Alzheimer’s Disease

Author: Carlo Cervellati, Dario Pedrini, Pietro Pirro, Paola Guindani, Carlo Renzini, Gloria Brombo, and Giovanni Zuliani
Subjects: Pathology, RB1-214
Abstract: Background. Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio (NLR) is a noninvasive, inexpensive, and easily applicable marker of inflammation. Since immune dysregulation leading to inflammation is regarded as a hallmark of dementia, in particular Alzheimer’s disease (AD), we decided to investigate the potentials of NLR as a diagnostic and predictive biomarker in this clinical setting. Materials and Methods. NLR was measured in the blood of patients with AD (n = 103), amnestic type mild cognitive impairment (aMCI, n = 212), vascular dementia (VAD, n = 34), and cognitively healthy Controls (n = 61). One hundred twelve MCI patients underwent a regular clinical follow-up. Over a 36-months median follow-up, 80 remained stable, while 32 progressed to overt dementia. Results. NLR was higher in patients with aMCI or dementia compared to Controls; however, the difference was statistically significant only for aMCI (+13%, p=0.04) and AD (+20%, p=0.03). These results were confirmed by multivariate logistic analysis, which showed that high NLR was associated with an increase in the likelihood of receiving a diagnosis of aMCI (odd ratio (OR): 2.58, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.36–4.89) or AD (OR: 3.13, 95%CI: 1.47–6.70), but not of VAD. NLR did not differ when comparing stable vs. progressing aMCI. Conclusions. This is the first report showing that NLR is significantly increased in MCI and AD but not in VAD. We also found that NLR was unable to predict the conversion from aMCI to AD. Further research on larger cohorts is warranted to definitely ascertain the application of NLR as a possible marker for aMCI and AD.
Published: 2024
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2. Cerebral Blood Flow in Alzheimer’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis on Transcranial Doppler Investigations

Author: Marco Zuin, Alessandro De Vito, Tommaso Romagnoli, Michele Polastri, Eleonora Capatti, Cristiano Azzini, Gloria Brombo, and Giovanni Zuliani
Subjects: Alzheimer’s Disease, cerebral flow, transcranial Doppler, Geriatrics, RC952-954.6
Abstract: Background: Cerebrovascular hemodynamic impairment has been reported in Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to investigate changes in cerebral blood flow (CBF) in AD patients. Methods: Data were obtained by searching MEDLINE and Scopus for all investigations published between 1 January 2011 and 1 November 2021, comparing the cerebrovascular hemodynamic between AD patients and cognately healthy age-matched controls, using transcranial Doppler (TCD) ultrasound. Results: Twelve studies, based on 685 patients [395 with AD and 290 age-matched cognitively healthy controls, with a mean age of 71.5 and 72.1 years, respectively] were included in the analysis. A random effect model revealed that AD patients, in the proximal segments of the middle cerebral artery (MCA), have a significantly lower CBF velocity, compared to controls (MD: −7.80 cm/s, 95%CI: −10.78 to −5.13, p < 0.0001, I2 = 71.0%). Due to a significant Egger’s test (t = 3.12, p = 0.008), a trim-and-fill analysis was performed, confirming the difference (MD: −11.05 cm/s, 95%CI: –12.28 to −9.82, p < 0.0001). Meta-regression analysis demonstrated that the mean CBF at the proximal MCA was directly correlated with arterial hypertension (p = 0.03) and MMSE score (p < 0.001), but inversely correlated with age (p = 0.01). In AD patients, the pulsatility index was significantly higher compared to controls (MD: 0.16, 95%CI: 0.07 to 0.25, p < 0.0001, I2: 84.5%), while the breath-holding index test results were significant lower (MD: −1.72, 95%CI: −2.53 to −0.91, p < 0.001, I2: 85.4%). Conclusions: AD patients have a significant impairment in relation to their cerebrovascular perfusion, suggesting that cerebrovascular hemodynamic deterioration, evaluated using TCD, may be a useful diagnostic tool.
Published: 2024
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3. Prognostic value of anemia in terms of disability and mortality in hospitalized geriatric patients: results from the CRIME study

Author: Gloria Brombo, Marta Dianin, Lara Bianchi, Andrea Corsonello, Antonio Cherubini, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Graziano Onder, and Stefano Volpato
Subjects: Elderly, anemia, disability, mortality., Geriatrics, RC952-954.6
Abstract: Anemia, a common concern in geriatric population, is associated with several negative outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the independent prognostic value of anemia in the year after hospital discharge, analyzing its association with disability and mortality in a sample of older hospitalized patients. We evaluated 896 in-hospital older patients enrolled in the CRiteria to Assess Appropriate Medication Use among Elderly Complex Patients (CRIME) study, with assessment of hemoglobin levels at hospital admission and with follow-up data. We analyzed the risk of developing disability (in patients without pre-existing disability in activities of the daily living) and the likelihood of death (in the entire sample) in the 12 months after discharge according to presence and degree of anemia (defined by sex-specific World Health Organization criteria). Mean age of study participants was 81.2±7.4 years, 57.8% had prevalent anemia. In unadjusted analysis, anemia was strongly associated with functional status and survival. Nevertheless, the increased risk of disability and death was influenced by the coexistence of several clinical conditions associated with anemia. Indeed, using multivariate logistic regression analysis adjusted for potential confounders, the association with disability was strongly attenuated [severe anemia odds ratio (OR) 1.86, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.96-3.58, mild-moderate anemia OR 1.05, 95% CI: 0.62-1.80] and the relationship with mortality was no longer significant [severe anemia hazard ratio (HR) 1.13, 95% CI: 0.73-1.75, mild-moderate anemia HR 1.14, 95% CI: 0.78-1.67]. In older hospitalized patients, anemia, despite not influencing mortality, might have a significant disabling effect. Anemia should not be considered as an inevitable epiphenomenon of aging but a condition able to worsen the quality of life.
Published: 2016
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4. Association of soluble Tumor necrosis factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) with central adiposity and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol.

Author: Gloria Brombo, Stefano Volpato, Paola Secchiero, Angelina Passaro, Cristina Bosi, Giovanni Zuliani, and Giorgio Zauli
Subjects: Medicine, Science
Abstract: ObjectiveTumor necrosis factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL), in addition to having a prognostic value in patients with cardiovascular disease, seems to interact with adiposity, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors. However, the results of previous clinical studies, focused on the association of TRAIL with selected metabolic or anthropometric indices were inconclusive. The aim of this study was to further investigate how soluble TRAIL concentrations independently correlate with major cardiovascular risk factors, including lipid, glycemic and anthropometric features.Materials/methodsWe examined the associations between serum soluble TRAIL concentrations, measured by ELISA, and lipid, glycemic and anthropometric features in 199 subjects recruited at our Metabolic Outpatient Clinic.ResultsSoluble TRAIL concentrations had a significant and direct correlation with total cholesterol (p = 0.046), LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.032), triglycerides (p = 0.01), body mass index (p = 0.046), waist circumference (p = 0.008), fat mass (p = 0.056) and insulin (p = 0.046) and an inverse correlation with HDL-cholesterol (p = 0.02). In multivariable regression analyses adjusted for potential confounders (age, gender, C-reactive protein, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, waist circumference, and insulin), TRAIL levels continued to have an independent correlation with LDL-cholesterol and waist circumference (r(2) = 0.04).ConclusionsSerum TRAIL levels were weakly but significantly and independently associated with waist circumference, a marker of visceral adiposity, and with LDL-cholesterol. Further studies are needed to clarify the biological basis of these relationships.
Published: 2013
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5. Understanding Factors Associated With Psychomotor Subtypes of Delirium in Older Inpatients With Dementia

Author: Rispoli, Vincenzo, Malara, Alba, Spadea, Fausto, Di Cello, Serena, Ceravolo, Francesco, Fabiano, Francesco, Chiaradia, Giuseppe, Gabriele, Amedeo, Lenino, Peluso, Andrea, Taristano, Settembrini, Vincenzo, Capomolla, Domenico, Citrino, Antonella, Scriva, Antonietta, Bruno, Irene, Secchi, Roberto, De Martino, Eugenio, Muccinelli, Roberto, Lupi, Gerardo, Paonessa, Patrizio, Fabbri, Andrea, Passuti, Maria Teresa, Castellari, Sofia, Po, Andrea, Gaggioli, Guido, Varesi, Massimo, Moneti, Paolo, Capurso, Sebastiano, Latini, Vincenzo, Ghidotti, Stefano, Riccardelli, Francesco, Macchi, Maurizio, Rigo, Rosaria, Claudio, Pascale, Angelo, Bosio, Flavio, Cerrato, Benedetta, Bardelli, Boffelli, Stefano, Cassinadri, Angela, Franzoni, Simone, Spazzini, Elena, Andretto, Daniela, Tonini, Gabriele, Andreani, Laura, Coralli, Mirco, Balotta, Antonio, Cancelliere, Roberto, Ballardini, Giorgio, Simoncelli, Margherita, Mancini, Annarita, Strazzacapa, Mara, Fabio, Stefano, De Filippi, Francesco, Giudice, Chiara, Dentizzi, Cosimo, Azzini, Margherita, Cazzadori, Marco, Mastroeni, Valeria, Bertassello, Paolo, Claudia Benati, Helena Santana, Nesta, Elisa, Tobaldini, Chiara, Guerini, Fabio, Elena, Tambara, Mombelloni, Paolo, Fontanini, Fulvio, Gabriella, Lassa, Pizzorni, Crosio, Oliverio, Martina, Del Grosso, Luciano Luca, Giavedoni, Cristina, Bidoli, Giuliano, Mazzei, Bruno, Corsonello, Andrea, Fusco, Sergio, Vena, Silvio, De Vuono, Tommaso, Maiuri, Giorgio, Luca, Fimognari Filippo, Andrea, Arone, Giovanni, Sgrò, Rossella, Nicolazzo, Castegnaro, Eugenio, De Rosa, Salvatore, Sechi, Rossella Bazzano, Benvenuti, Enrico, Del Lungo, Ilaria, Giardini, Sante, Giulietti, Chiara, Mauro, Di Bari, Eleonora, Barghini, Martina, Paoli, Irene, Fiordelli, Riccardo, Barucci, Federica, Sgrilli, Ilaria, Del Lungo, Bertoletti, Erik, D'Amico, Ferdinando, Caronzolo, Francesco, Grippa, Alessandro, Lombardo, Giuseppina, Pipicella, Tiziana, Antonino, Saitta, Francesco, Corica, Valeria, Prestipino Giarritta, Daniela, Larosa, Domenico, Cucinotta, Giorgio, Basile, March, Albert, Nitti, Maria Teresa, Felici, Alessandro, Pavan, Silvia, Piazzani, Fabrizio, Lunelli, Alessandra, Dimori, Sergio, Margotta, Alessandro, Soglia, Tiziano, Postacchini, Demetrio, Brunelli, Roberto, Santini, Silvia, Francavilla, Monia, Macchiati, Ilenia, Sorvillo, Francesca, Giuli, Cinzia, Mecocci, Patrizia, Longo, Annalisa, Perticone, Francesco, Addesi, Desireè, Rosa, Paola Cerra, Bencardino, Giuseppe, Falbo, Tania, Grillo, Nadia, Marco, Filice, Mirella, Flippo, Fantò, Fausto, Isaia, Gianluca, Pezzilli, Stella, Bergamo, Daniele, Furno, Elisabetta, Rrodhe, Sokol, Lucarini, Simonetta, Dijk, Babette, Dall'Acqua, Francesca, Cappelletto, Francesco, Calvani, Donatella, Becheri, Dimitri, Giuseppe, Mottino, Costanza, Mitidieri, Vito, Antonio, Francesca, Bartalucci, Magherini, Lorenza, Novella, Malin, Franca, Boni, Lucia Gambardella, Paoli Martina, Valente, Carlo, Ilaria, Bracali, Alice, Foschini, Bo, Mario, Porrino, Paola, Ceci, Giacomo, Giuliana, Bottignole, Michela, Tibaldi, Eleonora, Coppo, Ettore, Evaristo, Camellini, Cinzia, Servello, Adriana, Grassi, Alessandro, Rozzini, Renzo, Tironi, Sara, Grassi, Maria Grazia, Troisi, Elio, Carlo, Caltagirone, Simona Gabriella, Di Santo, Flaminia, Franchini, Federica, Ratto, Beatrice, Pavoni, Sofia, Toniolo, Gabutto, Anna, Quazzo, Loredana, Rosatello, Annalisa, Suraci, Domenico, Tagliabue, Benedetta, Perrone, Chiara, Ferrara, Lucia, Castagna, Alberto, Tremolada, Maria Luisa, Giuseppe, Castoldi, Stefano, Barbero, Davide, Oltramonti, Piano, Simonetta, Serviddio, Gaetano, Lo Buglio, Aurelio, Gurrera, Tiziana, Merlo, Valeria, Rovai, Carla, Cotroneo, Antonino Maria, Carlucci, Rosaria, Abbaldo, Anna, Monzani, Fabio, Qasem, Ahmad Amedeo, Bini, Giacomo, Tafuto, Silvia, Galli, Giovanni, Bruni, Amalia Cecilia, Mancuso, Giovanna, Mancuso, Gerardo, Calipari, Daniela, Giuseppe Massimiliano, De Luca, Bernardini, Bruno, Corsini, Carla, Michele, Ciccarelli, Sara, Dal Farra, Cagnin, Annachiara, Fragiacomo, Federica, Pompanin, Sara, Piero, Amodio, Marco, Cagnin, Zurlo, Amedeo, Guerra, Gianluca, Pala, Marco, Menozzi, Luca, Gatti, Chiara Delli, Magon, Stefania, Roberto, Manfredini, Alfredo, De Giorgi, Fabio, Fabbian, Ruana, Tiseo, Elisa, Misurati, Benedetta, Boari, Christian, Molino, Marco, Pala, Massimo, Gallerani, Di Francesco, Vincenzo, Faccioli, Silvia, Pellizzari, Luca, Giorgia, Fontana, Barbagallo, Giuseppe, Lunardelli, Maria Lia, Martini, Emilio, Ferrari, Eleonora, Macchiarulo, Maria, Corneli, Maria, Bacci, Monica, Battaglia, Giuseppe, Anastasio, Luigi, Lo Storto, Mario Sostene, Seresin, Chiara, Simonato, Matteo, Loreggian, Michele, Cestonaro, Fausta, Durando, Mario, Latella, Raffaele, Mazzoleni, Marta, Russo, Giuseppe, Ponte, Martino, Valchera, Alessandro, Salustri, Giuseppe, Petritola, Donatella, Costa, Alfredo, Sinforiani, Elena, Cotta, Matteo Ramusino, Pizio, Renato Nicola, Cester, Alberto, Formilan, Marino, Pietro, Bonometto, Carbone, Pasqualina, Cazzaniga, Ilaria, Appollonio, Ildebrando, Cereda, Diletta, Stabile, Andrea, Xhani, Rubjona, Acampora, Roberto, Tremolizzo, Lucio, Federico, Pieruzzi, Antonio, Ciaccio, Valerio, Pontecorvi, Cesare, Burti, Zhirajr, Mokini, Giovanni, Vitale, Maria, Amigoni, Mariaelena, Sparacino, Bottacchi, Edo, Bucciantini, Elisabetta, Di Giovanni, Marco, Franchi, Fabrizio, Lucchetti, Lucio, Mariani, Claudio, Grande, Giulia, Rapazzini, Piero, Marco, Mauri, Romanelli, Giuseppe, Marengoni, Alessandra, Franco, Nicosia, Alessio, Margola, Stefano, Bonardelli, Nicola, Latronico, Laura, Porcella, Nazario, Portolani, Carlo, Concoreggi, Chiara, Grassini, Soccorso, Pronto, Andrea, Salvi, Luca, Bianchetti, Francesca, Spagnoli, Roberto, Apuzzo, Marco, Fontanella, Anna, Ceraso, Francesco, Castelli, Fugazza, Luciano, Guerrini, Chiara, De Paduanis, Giovanna, Iallonardo, Lucia, Palumbo, Pasquale, Zuliani, Giovanni, Ortolani, Beatrice, Capatti, Eleonora, Soavi, Cecilia, Bianchi, Lara, Francesconi, Daniela, Miselli, Agata, Gloria, Brombo, Tommaso, Romagnoli, Chiara, Pazzaglini, Agata, Miselli Maria, Marco, Dall'Agata, Luca, Menozzi, Gianluca, Guerra, Suardi, Teresa, Mazzone, Andrea, Zaccarini, Cinzia, Manuela, Riva, Mirra, Gianluca, Muti, Ettore, Bottura, Renato, Gianpaolo, Moretti, Secreto, Piero, Bisio, Erika, Cecchettani, Marco, Naldi, Tamara, Pallavicino, Alessandra, Pugliese, Michela, Iozzo, Rosaria Cosima, Grassi, Guido, Michele, Bombelli, Raffaella, Dell'Oro, Fosca, Quarti Trevano, Giorgio, Giussani Carlo, Giovanni, Paternò, Ernesto, Contro, Mannironi, Antonio, Giorli, Elisa, Oberti, Sara, Fierro, Brigida, Piccoli, Tommaso, Giacalone, Fabio, Mandas, Antonella, Serchisu, Luca, Costaggiu, Diego, Pinna, Elisa, Orrù, Francesca, Mannai, Martina, Cordioli, Zeno, Pelizzari, Luca, Turcato, Emanuela, Arduini, Pietro, Cacace, Carlo, Chiloiro, Roberta, Cimino, Rosella, Ruberto, Carmen, Giovanni, Ruotolo, Pietro, Gareri, Laura, Greco, Alberto, Castagna, Carmen, Ruberto, Santo, Pierluigi Dal, Andriolli, Antonino, Burattin, Giuseppe, Rossi, Laura, Andreolli Antonino, Cervati Giovanna, Giuseppe, Catalano, Tezza, Fabiana, Maddalena, Pizzardini, Laura, Stievano, Crippa, Patrizia, Aloisio, Paola, Di Monda, Tiziana, Malighetti, Alessandro, Galbassini, Gloria, Salutis, Domus, Ivaldi, Claudio, Russo, Anna Maria, Bennati, Ettore, Pino, Elisabetta, Zavarise, Gianmaria, Pesci, Alberto, Suigo, Giulia, Faverio, Paola, Andrea, Gori, Sabrina, Perego, Zanasi, Massimo, Moniello, Giovanni, Rostagno, Carlo, Cartei, Alessandro, Polidori, Gianluca, Ungar, Andrea, Melis, Maria Ramona, Martellini, Eleonora, Enrico, Mossello, Monica, Torrini, Antonella, Giordano, Giovanna, Leone, Migliorini, Marta, Caramelli, Francesca, Battiston, Bruno, Berardino, Maurizio, Cavallo, Simona, Alessandro, Massè, Anna, Santoro, Lombardi, Bruna, D'Ippolito, Pierpaolo, Furini, Angela, Villani, Daniele, Clara, Raimondi, Guarneri, Massimo, Paolucci, Stefano, Bassi, Andrea, Coiro, Paola, De Angelis, Domenico, Morone, Giovanni, Venturiero, Vincenzo, Palleschi, Lorenzo, Raganato, Paolo, Di Niro, Giuseppina, Rosa, Casini Anna, Loredana, Bove, Imoscopi, Alessandra, Isaia, Giancarlo, Tibaldi, V., Bottignole G, G., Calvi, E., Clementi, C., Zanocchi, M., Agosta, L., Nortarelli, Antonella, Provenzano, Giuseppe, Mari, Daniela, Romano, Federica Ylenia, Rosini, Francesca, Mansi, Marta, Rossi, Silvia, Geriatria, Alex Riccardelli, Inzaghi, Lorenzo, Bonini, Giulia, Rossi, Paolo, Potena, Alfredo, Lichii, Mihaela, Candiani, Tiziana, Grimaldi, William, Bertani, Emiliano, Alessandra, Porta, Calogero, Pietro, Pinto, Daniela, Bernardi, Roberto, Nicolino, Francesco, Galetti, Caterina, Gianstefani, Alice, Giulia, Corvalli, Lorenzo, Mulazzani, Odetti, Patrizio, Monacelli, Fiammetta, Prefumo, Matteo, Fiammetta, Monacelli, Canepa, Marta, Minaglia, Cecilia, Paolisso, Giuseppe, Rizzo, Maria Rosaria, Prestano, Raffaele, Dalise, Anna Maria, Barra, Davide, Bosco, Livio Dal, Asprinio, Vincenzo, Dallape, Luciana, Perina, Elisa, Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli, Bartoli, Isaura Rossi, Pluderi, Alice, Maina, Antonella, Pecoraro, Elisabetta, Sciarra, Michela, Prudente, Angela, Paola, Maina, Francesca, Mete, Manuel, Ventura, Luisella, Cesari, Maria, Pernigotti Luigi, Tina, Santangelo, Benini, Lucia, Levato, Francesco, Mhiuta, Victor, Alius, Florin, Davidoaia, Diana, Giardini, Vittorio, Garancini, Mattia, Bellamoli, Claudio, Terranova, Luciano, Bozzini, Claudia, Tosoni, Paolo, Provoli, Emma, Cascone, Luisa, Dioli, Andrea, Ferrarin, Gianfranco, Bucci, Adelmo, Bua, Guido, Fenu, Sara, Bianchi, Giovanna, Casella, Silvia, Romano, Valentina, Maurizio, Poli, Mascherona, Ilenia, Belotti, Gloria, Cavaliere, Sabina, Cuni, Estella, Merciuc, Nina, Oberti, Rosella, Veneziani, Silvia, Capoferri, Emanuela, De Bernardi, Elisabetta, Colombo, Katia, Bravi, Marco, Nicoletta, Negrinotti, D'Arcangelo, Paolo, Montenegro, Nicola, Montanari, Roberto, Lamanna, Pierpaolo, Gasperini, Beatrice, Isabella, Montesi, Stefania, Diotallevi, Gaia, Altobelli, Filippo, Calcinaro, Palamà, Chiara, Di Emidio, Chiara, Scarpini, Elio, Arighi, Andrea, Fumagalli, Giorgio, Basilico, Paola, De Amicis Margherita, Migone, Marta, Mancarella, Diletta, Maira, Granata, Antonino, Ranalli, Claudia, Cammilli, Alessandra, Cavallini, Maria Chiara, Tricca, Manola, Natella, Daniela, Gabbani, Luciano, Tesi, Francesca, Martella, Letizia, Imbrici, Rosalba, Guerrini, Gianbattista, Scotuzzi, Anna Maria, Sozzi, Ferdinando, Valenti, Luigi, Chiarello, Antonino, Monia, Monella, Pilotto, Alberto, Prete, Camilla, Senesi, Barbara, Meta, Anna Cristina, Pendenza, Enrico, Pasqualetti, Giuseppe, Polini, Antonio, Tognini, Sara, Ballino, Elena, Cherubini, Antonio, Dell'Aquila, Giuseppina, Gasparrini, Pina Maria, Marotti, Elisabetta, Migale, Monica, Scrimieri, Antonia, Falsetti, Lorenzo, Salvi, Aldo, Toigo, Gabriele, Ceschia, Giuliano, Rosso, Alessia, Tongiorgi, Chiara, Scarpa, Cristina, Maurizio, Pacchioni, De Dominicis, Luigino, Pucci, Eugenio, Renzi, Sara, Cartechini, Elisabetta, Tomassini, Pia Francesca, Del Gobbo, Maurizio, Ugenti, Francesca, Romeo, Pasquale, Nardelli, Anna, Lauretani, Fulvio, Visioli, Sandra, Montanari, Ilaria, Ermini, Francesca, Giordano, Antonio, Pigato, Giorgio, Simeone, Emilio, Barbujani, Mario, Giampieri, Marina, Amoruso, Raffaele, Piccinini, Maristella, Ferrari, Camilla, Gambetti, Claudio, Sfrappini, Mario, Semeraro, Letizia, Striuli, Rinaldo, Mariani, Claudia, Pelliccioni, Giuseppe, Marinelli, Donatella, Fabi, Katia, Rossi, Tommaso, Pesallaccia, Martina, Sabbatini, Debora, Gobbi, Beatrice, Cerqua, Raffaella, Tagliani, Giancarla, Schlauser, Elena, Caser, Luciano, Caramello, Elisa, Sandigliano, Franca, Rosso, Giorgio, Ferrari, Alberto, Bendini, Chiara, Luisa, Davoli Maria, Casella, Monica, Prampolini, Raffaella, Scevola, Moreno, Vitale, Enrico, Roberto, Brugiolo, Carlo, Fagherazzi, Sergio, Fusco, Alberto, Scarpa, Daniela, Zara, Giulia, Bertozzo, Serena, Granziera, Michele, Barazzuol, Maugeri, Domenico, Sorace, Rosaria, Anzaldi, Massimiliano, De Gesu, Roberto, Morrone, Giuseppe, Davolio, Federica, Fabbo, Andrea, Palmieri, Marina, Zoli, Marco, Forti, Paola, Pirazzoli, Luca, Fabbri, Elisa, Terenzi, Laura, Bergolari, Federica, Wenter, Christian, Ruffini, Ingrid, Insam, Miriam, Abraham, Elisabeth, Kirchlechner, Christine, Cucinotta, Domenico, Antonino, Lasco, Basile, Giorgio, Grazia, Arena Maria, Parise, Pasquale, Boccali, Andrea, Amici, Serena, Gambacorta, Maurizia, Lasagni, Anna, Lovati, Roberto, Giovinazzo, Francesca, Kimak, Elzbieta, Zappa, Paolo, Medici, Francesco, Lo Castro, Marika, Mauro, Flavia, De Luca, Alessandro, Sancesario, Giuseppe, Martorana, Alessandro, Scaricamazza, Beatrice, Toniolo, Sofia, Di Lorenzo, Francesco, Liguori, Claudio, Lasco, Antonino, Vita, Natale, Giomi, Mirna, Forte, Floriana, Padovani, Alessandro, Rozzini, Luca, Ceraso, Anna, Salvatore, Caratozzolo, Cottino, Maria, Vitali, Silvia, Marelli, Eleonora, Tripi, Gabriele, Miceli, Salvatore, Urso, Giovanni, Grioni, Giuseppe, Vezzadini, Giuliana, Misaggi, Giulia, Forlani, Chiara, Avanzi, Stefano, Serena, Saulle, Claudia, Casarini, Marilena, Viggiano, Alberto, Luisa, Diego, Ghianda, Alessandro, Giordano, Iemolo, Francesco, Giordano, Antonello, Sanzaro, Enzo, D'Asta, Gabriele, Proietto, Maria, Carnemolla, Anna, Razza, Grazia, Spadaro, Daniela, Bertolotti, Marco, Mussi, Chiara, Neviani, Francesca, Roberto, Chiesa, Valentina, Guerzoni, Linda, Morselli, Francesca, Venturelli, Tarozzi, Adriano, Balestri, Francesca, Mannarino, Giulio, Bigolari, Michela, Natale, Alessia, Grassi, Simona, Bottaro, Cinzia, Stefanelli, Sara, Bovone, Ugo, Tortorolo, Umberto, Quadri, Roberto, Leone, Giuseppe, Ponzetto, Maria, Frasson, Paola, Annoni, Giorgio, Bellelli, Giuseppe, Bruni, Adriana, Confalonieri, Roberto, Corsi, Maurizio, Moretti, Daniela, Teruzzi, Fabiola, Umidi, Simona, Mazzola, Paolo, Perego, Sabrina, Persico, Ilaria, Olivieri, Giulia, Bonfanti, Alessandra, Hajnalka, Szabò, Galeazzi, Marianna, Massariello, Francesca, Anzuini, Alessandra, Caffarra, Paolo, Barocco, Federica, Spallazzi, Marco, Paolo, Ceda Gian, Simonetta, Morganti, Andrea, Artoni, Chioatto, Paolo, Bortolamei, Sandra, Soattin, Lucia, Ruotolo, Giovanni, Beneamino, Borelli, Giuseppe, Barilaro, Bertazzoli, Marco, Rota, Elisabetta, Adobati, Annamaria, Scarpa, Alberto, Granziera, Serena, Zuccher, Paola, Fabbro, Angela Dal, Zara, Daniela, Lo Nigro, Ambra, Franchetti, Lorena, Toniolo, Marika, Marcuzzo, Cinzia, Rollone, Marco, Guerriero, Fabio, Sgarlata, Carmelo, Massè, Alessandro, Zatti, Giovanni, Piatti, Massimiliano, Graci, Jole, Benati, Giuseppe, Boschi, Federica, Biondi, Mario, Fiumi, Nicoletta, Erika, Tamburini, Locatelli, Sergio Mario, Mauri, Sabrina, Beretta, Mauro, Margheritis, Laura, Desideri, Giovanbattista, Liberatore, Ester, Carucci, Anna Cecilia, Bonino, Paolo, Caput, Margherita, Antonietti, Maria Paola, Polistena, Giuseppe, De la Pierre, Franz, Mari, Marcello, Massignani, Paola, Tombesi, Fabio, Selvaggio, Fabio, Verbo, Brunella, Bodoni, Paolo, Marchionni, Niccolò, Mossello, Enrico, Sabatini, Tony, Mussio, Eleonora, Magni, Eugenio, Bianchetti, Angelo, Crucitti, Andrea, Titoldini, Giulia, Cossu, Beatrice, Fascendini, Sara, Licini, Cristina, Tomasoni, Angela, Calderazzo, Massimo, Daniela, Tropiano, Valentina, Laganà, Melotti, Rita Maria, Lilli, Albina, Buda, Simona, Adversi, Marco, Noro, Gabriele, Turco, Renato, Ubezio, M Chiara, Mantovani, Anna Roberta, Viola, Maria Cristina, Serrati, Carlo, Pretta, Stefano, Infante, Maria, Gentile, Simona, Morandi, Alessandro, D'Ambrosio, Viviana, Mazzanti, Paolo, Brambilla, Cristina, Sportelli, Silvia, Platto, Caterina, Faraci, Bianca, Quattrocchi, Daniela, Pernigotti, Luigi Maria, Pisu, Cristina, Sicuro, Francesca, Zagnoni, Piergiuseppe, Ghiglia, Stefania, Mosca, Massimiliano, Corazzin, Ileana, Deola, Mariangela, Biagini, Carlo Adriano, Bencini, Francesca, Cantini, Claudia, Tonon, Elisabetta, Pierinelli, Silvia, Onofrj, Marco, Thomas, Astrid, Filomena, Borbone, Bonanni, Laura, Gabriella, Cacchiò, Comi, Giancarlo, Magnani, Giuseppe, Santangelo, Roberto, Mazzeo, Salvatore, Giuseppe, Magnani, Francesca, Caso, Giordano, Cecchetti, Roberto, Sant'Angelo, Barbieri, Cristina, Giroldi, Liviana, Bandini, Fabio, Masina, Marco, Malservisi, Simona, Cicognani, Annalena, Ricca, Laura, Piccininni, Maristella, Tassinari, Tiziana, Brogi, Davide, Sugo, Annalisa, Alessandra, Filippi, Sonia, Manfredi, Valerio, Vanni, Andrea, Usai Carlo, Enrico, Colombo, Vera, Renna Francesca, Assunta, Sauchella, Gianmaria, Zavarise, Mauro, Prete, Pietro, Bisagni, Roberto, Masini, Salvatore, Carrabetta, Barone, Antonella, Razzano, Monica, Giuseppe, Imperoli, Angela, Bini, Francesco, Serra, Valeria, D'Agostino, Federico, Gianolla, Lucia, Pietrangeli, Antonella, Velardi, Elisabetta, Di Cello, Cristina, Rosati, Nadia, Casali, Maria, Sessa, Luciano, Abruzzi, Chiara, Costanzi, Bini, Paolo, Pignata, Michele, Enrico, Buonagurio, Maria, Vollery, Giovanni, Carrieri, Giorgio, Cioni, Andrea, Toschi, Marco, Metra, Piera, Ranieri, Alberto, Zucchelli, Ceccon, Anna, Magrin, Laura, Marin, Sara, Barbara, Sofia, Marco, Masina, Laura, Ghedini, Matteo, Moroni, Marco, Paragona, Caterina, Pallotti Maria, Carla, Rota, Federica, Gottardi, Clara, Tomasoni, Melania, Cappuccio, Giampaolo, Bonini, Stefano, Guerini, Valeria, Guerini, Lucia, Merla, Giovambattista, Desideri, Ester, Liberatore, Cecilia, Carucci Anna, Maurizio, Tovaglieri, Vera, Renna Frandesca, Nadia, Bongiorni, Grillo, Antonio, Arenare, Francesca, Tonino, Mineo, David, Kanah, Giorgio, Vianello Piero, Ubaldo, Balducci, Vincenzo, Sidoti, Stefano, Montanari, Marino, Formilan, Busonera Flavio, Murelli Teodolindo, Paolo, Albanese, Monica, Maselli, Francesco, Bolzetta, Roberto, Fabris, Paolo, Bonino, DuranteMangoni, Emanuele, Testoni, Michela, Fabio, Di Stefano, Loredana, Seccia, Valeria, Sonzini, Fabiano, Maria, Annabella, Di Giorgio, Salvatore, De Cosmo, Greco, Antonio, Grazia, D'Onofrio, Daniele, Sancarlo, Gianluca, Resta, Renzo, Girardello, Sergio, Minervini, Morena, Boni, Vitali, Mariagrazia, Marina, Pizzoni, Paolo, De Colle, Cristina, Scarpa, Alessandra, Frattola, Orlandini, Francesco, La Regina, Micaela, Desirée, Addesi, Mirella, Filippo, Mario, Bo, Paola, Porrino, Padulo, Filomena, Cristina, Margheriti, Dario, Rolano, Giancarla, Moscatelli, Guido, Radaelli, Elena, Montini, Prete, Cosimo, Marileda, Novello, Igor, Bramuzzo, Nicole, Bertin, Elena, Rinaldo, Paolillo, Ciro, Riccardi, Angela, Claudia, Benedetti, Barbara, Rizzi, Francesca, Montagna, Silvia, Vitali, Chiara, Cutaia, Oliver, Baca, Mauro, Colombo, Eleonora, Marelli, Giuseppe, Procino, Rosaria, Tararà, Maria, Cottino, Davide, Dell'Acqua, Stefania, Cislaghi, Marco, Cairati, Massimo, Porta, Luca, Scaglione, Martina, De Feo, Paola, Vertolli, Lia, Salvati, Sandro, Cinotti, Valentina, De Santis, Erminia, Biferi, Paola, Cheli, Romina, Rebizzo, Minisola, Salvatore, Luciano, Colangelo, Pasquale, Abete, Ilaria, Liguori, Francesca, Curcio, Guglielmo, Spassini, Marco, Engheben, Sara, Rotunno, Paola, Arosio, Claudio, Angelini, Francesco, Reggiani, Alessandro, Cappelli, Simona, Marcheselli, Lara, Fratticci, Paola, Ranzani, Simonetta, Cesarini, Antonella, Cerini, Generoso, Uomo, Fernando, Gallucci, Giuliano, Ceschia, Emanuela, Serra, Mariolina, Sola, Alessandro, Delitala, Chiara, Pes, Giulia, Lobianco, Alessandro, Giani, Famularo, Simone, Sandini, Marta, Pinotti, Enrico, Gianotti, Luca, Antonella, Battuello, Giulia, Pintore, Sante, Giardini, Rossi, Andrea, Rubele, Sofia, Sant, Selena, Marco, Vignati, Danila, Clerici, Fabio, Rosa, Bandirali, Maria Pia, Nicoletta, Cattaneo, Laura, Boffi, Paolo, Tosoni, Luciano, Terranova, Leonello, Avalli, Margherita, Scanziani, Stefania, De Notaris, Pierluigi, Del Santo, Laura, Rossi, Fabiana, Tezza, Giovanna, Cervati, Antonino, Andreolli, Felice, Catalano, Giuseppe, Burattin, Danilo, Fogli, Giovanna, Di Bella, Francesco, Landi, Salini, Sara, Angela, Brunetti Maria, Giorgetta, Cappa, Giovanni, Galvagno, Paola, Cena, Gerardo, Bruno, Silvio, Raspo, Letizia, Semeraro, Sabrina, Pedrotti, Davide, Barra, Rosaria, Rizzo Maria, Maria, Dalise Anna, Raffaele, Prestano, Palmieri, Vincenzo Ostilio, Palasciano, Giuseppe, Belfiore, Anna, Portincasa, Piero, Carlo, Sabbà, Vincenzo, Solfrizzi, Alessia, D'introno, Valiani, Vincenzo, Carolina, Bologna, Tiziana, Ciarambino, Paola, Turelli, Ugo, Pazzaglia, Federica, Rodella, Giacomo, Piana, Castellano, Maurizio, Anna, Garelli, Elisa, Casella, Federica, Campana, Antonietta, Coschignano Maria, Luigi, Marinangeli, Fabio, Lorico, Salvatore, Bazzano, Giuseppe, Menculini, Gelosa, Giorgio, Viviana, Ambrogio Teresa, Piras, Valentina, Andrea, Ciricugno, Alessandra, Bollari, Coen, Daniele, Magliola, Renata, Milanesio, Deborah, Muzzulini, Carlo Lorenzo, Paolo, Fogliacco, Marinella, Turla, Sofia, Cotelli Maria, Marta, Bianchi, Siano, Pietro, Capo, Giuseppe, Napoletano, Rosa, Cecilia, Politi, Mancini, Concetta, Del Buono, Corrado, De Bartolomeo, Giuseppe, Addolorata, Martinelli, Carmen, Cefalogli, Roberto, Cozzi, Giovanni, Virtuani Angelo, Moschettini, Gianfilippo, Franco, Mastroianni, Daniela, Roglia, D'Amico, Gabriella, Mirella, Palella, Endrizzi, Cristina, Trotta, Lucia, Ciarambino, Tiziana, Orazio, Zanetti, Emanuela, Terazzi, Marta, Sacchetti, Thomas, Fleetwood, Giacomo, Tondo, Ignazio, Di Fazio, Andrea, Bruni, Giuseppe, Orsitto, Emanuela, Fabbro, Serena, Amici, Elena, D'Imporzano, Anna, Casanova, Serena, Bertolio, Erika, Nervo, Roberto, Silvestri, Elena, Semproni, Manuela, Pintus, Francesca, Aloe, Angelo, Tagliaccica, Zambon, Antonella, and Di Santo, Simona G.
Published: 2020
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6. Interleukin-18 Is a Potential Biomarker Linking Dietary Fatty Acid Quality and Insulin Resistance: Results from a Cross-Sectional Study in Northern Italy

Author: Domenico Sergi, Juana Maria Sanz, Stefano Lazzer, Gloria Brombo, Giovanni Zuliani, Gianni Biolo, Boštjan Šimunič, Rado Pišot, Edoardo Dalla Nora, and Angelina Passaro
Subjects: Nutrition and Dietetics, IL-18, metabolic inflammation, insulin resistance, saturated fatty acids, monounsaturated fatty acids, omega-3 fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, Food Science
Abstract: Dietary lipids are pivotal in modulating metabolic inflammation. Among the inflammatory mediators characterizing metabolic inflammation, interleukin 18 (IL-18) has been consistently associated with obesity and insulin resistance. This study aims to evaluate whether the quality of lipid intake impacts upon IL-18 plasma levels and the implications on insulin resistance computed by the homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Using a cross-sectional design, this study confirmed that IL-18 correlated positively with insulin resistance and individuals with a HOMA-IR ≥ 2.5 displayed higher circulating IL-18 levels compared with their insulin-sensitive counterparts. In terms of the effect of the quality of dietary lipids on IL-18 circulating levels, the ratio between monounsaturated, omega-3, polyunsaturated and saturated fatty acids as well as the intake of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic acids correlated negatively with IL-18. Despite this, IL-18 circulating levels, but not dietary fatty acid quality, predicted insulin resistance. Nevertheless, the ratio between omega 3 and saturated fatty acids was a predictor of IL-18 plasma levels. Thus, the downregulation of IL-18 may underpin, at least partially, the beneficial metabolic effects of substituting omega 3 for saturated fatty acids with this cytokine potentially representing a biomarker linking dietary lipids and metabolic outcomes.
Published: 2023
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7. Depressive symptoms and cognitive/functional status in a sample of elderly subjects referring to a memory clinic

Author: Lisa Marabini, Chiara Pazzaglini, Stefania Bonazzi, Patrizia Guasti, Gianluca Guerra, Amedeo Zurlo, Giovanni Zuliani, and Gloria Brombo
Subjects: Aging, Geriatrics and Gerontology
Published: 2022
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8. Dementia and Related Comorbidity

Author: Giovanni Zuliani, Massimo Gallerani, Elisa Maietti, Roberto Reverberi, Tommaso Romagnoli, Carlo Cervellati, and Gloria Brombo
Subjects: Comorbidity, Length of Stay, Hospitals, Hospitalization, Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, Italy, Prevalence, Humans, Dementia, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Gerontology, Aged
Abstract: The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of dementia, related comorbidities, and mortality rates in hospitalized elderly patients in Italy.Data were obtained from the Italian Ministry of Health and included all discharge records from Italian hospitals concerning subjects aged 65 years or above admitted to acute Internal Medicine during 2 years (n=3,695,278 admissions). Discharge diagnoses were re-classified into 24 clusters, each including homogeneous diseases by the ICD-9-CM code classification. Dementia was identified by the presence of ICD-9-CM codes 290, 294, or 331 series.Patients with dementia represented 7.5% of the sample; compared with those without dementia, they were older and more often female, had a greater length of hospital stay and higher mortality rate. Besides delirium [odds ratio (OR): 54.20], enthesopaties (OR: 2.19), diseases of fluids and electrolytes (OR:1.96), diseases of arteries (OR: 1.69), skin diseases (OR: 1.64), and pneumonia and pleurisy (OR: 1.53) were the diseases more strongly associated with the diagnosis of dementia, independent of other clusters, age, sex, and length of stay.Some comorbidities are specifically associated with the diagnosis of dementia among hospitalized elderly patients. Overall, these comorbidities describe the typical clinical profile of the patient with advanced dementia and could be treated in the context of the primary care, since they do not require specific skills belonging to hospital settings.
Published: 2022
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9. Orthostatic hypotension and vitamin D deficiency in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis

Author: Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Marco Zuin, Tommaso Romagnoli, and Eleonora Capatti
Subjects: Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Vitamin d supplementation, business.industry, Radioimmunoassay, Vitamins, Vitamin D Deficiency, medicine.disease, Gastroenterology, vitamin D deficiency, Hypotension, Orthostatic, Study heterogeneity, Orthostatic vital signs, Internal medicine, Statistical significance, Meta-analysis, medicine, Vitamin D and neurology, Humans, Vitamin D, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, Antihypertensive Agents, Aged
Abstract: Over the latest years different studies have investigated the possible relationship between D deficiency and occurrence of orthostatic hypotension (OH), often reaching controversial results. We perform an update meta-analysis providing an update overview on the association between hypovitaminosis D and orthostatic hypotension (OH) in older adults. Data extraction was independently performed by two authors and based upon predefined criteria. The meta-analysis was performed using a random-effects model. Statistical heterogeneity between groups was measured using the Higgins I2 statistic. Eight investigations enrolling 16.326 patients (mean age 75.5 years) met the inclusion criteria and were considered for the analysis. Patients with vitamin D deficiency were more likely to have OH compared to those without (OR: 1.36, 95% CI 1.14–1.63, p = 0.0001, I2 = 43.6%). A further sub-analysis, based on three studies, estimating the risk of OH in patients with hypovitaminosis D receiving antihypertensive treatment, did not reach the statistical significance (OR: 1.40, 95% CI 0.61–3.18, p = 0.418, I2 = 53.3%). Meta-regression performed using age (p = 0.12), BMI (p = 0.73) and gender (p = 0.62) as moderators did not reveal any statistical significance in influencing OH. Conversely, physical activity, Vitamin D supplementation and use of radioimmunoassay for the measurement of vitamin D serum levels showed a significant inverse relationship towards the risk of OH (Coeff.—0.09, p = 0.002, Coeff. − 0.12, p
Published: 2021
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10. Serum beta‐secretase 1 (BACE1) activity increases in patients with mild cognitive impairment

Author: Valentina Rosta, Patrizia Guasti, Tommaso Romagnoli, Salvatore Pacifico, Giovanni Zuliani, Michele Polastri, Gloria Brombo, Chiara Pistolesi, Remo Guerrini, Alessandro Trentini, Davide Seripa, Dario Pedrini, Carlo Cervellati, and Lisa Marabini
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, behavioral disciplines and activities, Biochemistry, Gastroenterology, NO, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, mild cognitive impairment, Cerebrospinal fluid, Atrophy, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, mental disorders, 80 and over, Aspartic Acid Endopeptidases, Humans, Medicine, Dementia, Cognitive Dysfunction, Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, biology, business.industry, Neurodegeneration, Hazard ratio, Brain, BACE1, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Beta-secretase 1, Disease Progression, biology.protein, Female, progression, Amnesia, Amyloid Precursor Protein Secretases, business, Biomarkers, Psychomotor Performance, dementia, Follow-Up Studies
Abstract: Beta-secretase 1 (BACE1) is considered as the key enzyme in amyloid-β formation. Previous works suggest that high BACE1 activity may be present in brain, cerebrospinal fluid and serum of patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD) as well as mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Therefore, we evaluated whether serum BACE1 activity increases in MCI patients and is associated with the progression from MCI to dementia. BACE1 activity was measured in the serum of 259 MCI patients (162 amnestic-aMCI, 97 non-amnestic-naMCI) and 204 healthy Controls. After a median follow-up of 32 months (range: 10-153), 116 MCI progressed to dementia (87 aMCI and 29 naMCI). Serum BACE1 activity was higher in MCI compared with Controls (p
Published: 2021
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11. Elevated Blood Homocysteine and Risk of Alzheimer’s Dementia: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Based on Prospective Studies

Author: Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, A. Trentini, Carlo Cervellati, Marco Zuin, and Loris Roncon
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Neurology, Homocysteine, business.industry, Hyperhomocysteinemia, MEDLINE, homocysteine, Disease, Publication bias, Alzheimer’s disease, prospective studies, meta-analysis, homocysteine, prospective studies, NO, meta-analysis, chemistry.chemical_compound, Risk Estimate, chemistry, Alzheimer Disease, Risk Factors, Meta-analysis, Internal medicine, Humans, Medicine, business, Prospective cohort study, Alzheimer’s disease
Abstract: Objective: To investigate whether high serum homocysteine (Hcy) levels is associated with the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) by performing a meta-analysis based on updated published data. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive research using Medline (Pubmed), Scopus, Web of Science and EMBASE databases to identify all prospective studies published any time to July 7, 2020 evaluating the association between elevated Hcy levels and AD risk. Results: From an initial screening of 269 published papers, 9 prospective investigations conducted on a total of 7474 subjects with mean follow-up of 9.5 years (range: 3.7-10) were included in the meta-analysis. Eight seventy-five of these subjects converted to AD. Hcy was significantly higher in these individuals (HRadjusted:1.48, 95% CI:1.23-1.76, I2=65.6%, p
Published: 2021
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12. Dementia and in-hospital mortality: retrospective analysis of a nationwide administrative database of elderly subjects in Italy

Author: Roberto Reverberi, Lamberto Manzoli, Marco Zuin, Dario Pedrini, Chiara Pistolesi, M Gallerani, Maria Elena Flacco, Cecilia Acuti Martellucci, Carlo Cervellati, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Zuliani, Giovanni, Gallerani, Massimo, Martellucci, Cecilia Acuti, Reverberi, Roberto, Brombo, Gloria, Cervellati, Carlo, Zuin, Marco, Pistolesi, Chiara, Pedrini, Dario, Flacco, Maria Elena, and Manzoli, Lamberto
Subjects: Male, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Disease, Comorbidity, NO, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Humans, Dementia, Hospital Mortality, Aged, Retrospective Studies, Heart Failure, Geriatrics, business.industry, Delirium, Pneumonia, medicine.disease, Hospitalization, In-hospital mortality, Heart failure, Dementia, Delirium, Comorbidity, In-hospital mortality, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, business, Kidney disease
Abstract: Aims: To evaluate the relationship between comorbidity and in-hospital mortality in elderly patients affected by dementia. Methods: Data were obtained from the Italian Ministry of Health and included all discharge records from Italian hospitals concerning subjects aged ≥ 65 years admitted to acute Internal Medicine or Geriatrics wards between January 2015 and December 2016 (3.695.278 admissions). The variables analyzed included age, sex, and in-hospital death. Twenty-five homogeneous clusters of diseases were identified in discharge codes according to the ICD-9-CM classification. Results: Patients with dementia represented 7.5% of the sample (n. 278.149); they were older, more often males (51.9%), and had a higher in-hospital mortality (24.3%) compared to patients without dementia (9.7%). Dementia per se doubled the odds of death (OR 1.98; 95% CI 1.95-2.00), independent of age, sex, and comorbidities. Seven clusters of disease (pneumonia, heart failure, kidneys disease, cancer, infectious diseases, diseases of fluids/electrolytes and general symptoms) were associated with increased in-hospital mortality, independent of the presence/absence of dementia. Among patients with dementia, heart failure, pneumonia and kidney disease on their own substantially doubled/tripled mortality risk. The risk increased from 10.1% (none of selected conditions), up to 28.9% when only one of selected comorbidities was present, rising to 52.3% (OR: 9.34; p < 0.001) when two or more comorbidities were simultaneously diagnosed, besides general symptoms. Conclusions: Our study confirmed an important increase of in-hospital mortality in older subjects with dementia. Despite a different comorbidity, the conditions associated with in-hospital mortality were substantially the same in patients with or without dementia. Heart failure, pneumonia, and kidney disease identified a high risk of in-hospital mortality among subjects with dementia.
Published: 2022

13. Hand grip strength assessment in older people: is the supine position valid and reliable?

Author: Giacomo Mantovani, Benedetta Govoni, Stefano Volpato, Lara Bianchi, Amedeo Zurlo, Elisa Maietti, Gloria Brombo, and E. Savino
Subjects: Sarcopenia, medicine.medical_specialty, Supine position, Correlation coefficient, Bedridden, Socio-culturale, Sitting, Elderly, Functional assessment, Grip strength, 03 medical and health sciences, symbols.namesake, 0302 clinical medicine, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, mental disorders, Medicine, 030212 general & internal medicine, 030214 geriatrics, business.industry, Body side, Sitting Positions, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, Grip strength, Bedridden, Elderly, Functional assessment, Sarcopenia, symbols, Older people, business, psychological phenomena and processes
Abstract: Is handgrip strength assessment in the supine position valid and reliable as compared to the traditional sitting position? Grip strength values assessed in the sitting position highly correlated with the values of strength assessed in the sitting position without significant differences in the mean values of the two different assessment methods. Results were consistent across gender, cognitive status and body side. In bedridden patients grip strength assessment using the supine position can be considered a valid alternative to the sitting position. Muscle strength evaluation is important in older people’s functional assessment. We investigated the validity of grip strength measurement in a supine position as compared to the traditional one. Cross-sectional study conducted in older people hospitalized in a medical unit. Patients underwent measurements of grip strength in both supine and sitting positions. Agreement between results was evaluated using Pearson correlation and Infraclass correlation coefficient. The two measurements techniques were graphically compared with Bland–Altman plot. Forty four participants enrolled (21 females), mean age 80.6. Correlation coefficients demonstrated a strong positive relationship between the two different measurement positions (all values greater than 0.9). Results were consistent and similar across gender, body side and were not affected by cognitive impairment. Infraclass correlation analyses demonstrate a very good inter-rate reliability. Grip strength assessed in the supine position can be considered a valid alternative in bedridden individuals.
Published: 2019
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14. Physical capacities and leisure activities are related with cognitive functions in older adults

Author: Edoardo Dalla Nora, Gianni Biolo, Roberta Situlin, Rado Pišot, Mirco Floreani, Federica Gonnelli, Stefano Lazzer, Andrea D'Amuri, Filippo Giorgio Di Girolamo, Saša Pišot, Nicola Giovanelli, Angelina Passaro, Boštjan Šimunič, Gloria Brombo, Giulia Bravo, Maria Parpinel, Gonnelli, Federica, Giovanelli, Nicola, Floreani, Mirco, Bravo, Giulia, Parpinel, Maria, D'Amuri, Andrea, Brombo, Gloria, Dalla Nora, Edoardo, Pišot, Rado, Šimunič, Boštjan, Pišot, Saša, Biolo, Gianni, DI Girolamo, Filippo G, Situlin, Roberta, Passaro, Angelina, and Lazzer, Stefano
Subjects: Aging, Population, Physical activity, Socio-culturale, LS5_11, physical activity, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Body Mass Index, mental function, Habits, Cognition, Leisure Activities, Aerobic exercise, Medicine, Humans, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, LS4_5, education, Exercise, Aerobic capacity, LS5_7, Aged, daily habits, education.field_of_study, Hand Strength, business.industry, Anthropometry, Ageing, Cross-Sectional Studies, Body Composition, business, Bioelectrical impedance analysis, Demography
Abstract: Objective This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between physical activity habits, physical performance and cognitive capacity in older adults' population of Italy and Slovenia. Methods Anthropometric characteristics and body composition bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) were evaluated in 892 older adults (60-80 y). Aerobic capacity was measured using the 2km walking test and handgrip and flexibility tests were performed. Physical activity habits and cognitive functions were evaluated by the Global-Physical-Activity-Questionnaires (GPAQ) and by Montreal-Cognitive-Assessment (MoCA) questionnaires, respectively. Results GPAQ scores were associated with lower BMI (r=-0.096; p=0.005), lower percentage of fat-mass (r=-0.138; p=0.001), better results in the 2km-walk test (r=-0.175; p=0.001) and a higher percentage of fat-free mass (r=0.138; p=0.001). We also evaluated that, a higher MoCA score correlates with age (r=-0.208; p=0.001), 2km-walk test (r=-0.166; p=0.001), waist-hip ratio (r=-0.200; p=0.001), resting heart-rate (r=-0.087; p=0.025) and heart-rate at the end of 2km-walk test (r=0.189; p=0.001). Conclusions Older adults with a higher level of daily physical activity showed reduction in fat mass and BMI, and higher aerobic fitness; these characteristics have a protection effect on cognitive function.
Published: 2021

15. Serum Apo J as a potential marker of conversion from mild cognitive impairment to dementia

Author: Eleonora Capatti, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Beatrice Ortolani, Tommaso Romagnoli, Edoardo Dalla Nora, Angelina Passaro, Davide Seripa, Carlo Cervellati, Alessandro Trentini, and Juana M. Sanz
Subjects: Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, Disease, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Humans, Dementia, Cognitive Dysfunction, 030212 general & internal medicine, Vascular dementia, Cognitive impairment, business.industry, Mild cognitive impairment, Middle Aged, medicine.disease, Alzheimer, Apo J, Clusterin, Increased risk, Neurology, Mixed dementia, Disease Progression, Neurology (clinical), Apolipoprotein J, business, Biomarkers, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Apolipoprotein J (ApoJ) is present in both plasma and tissues, including brain. Growing evidence suggest that this protein may play an early role on the development of the two most common forms of dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD).To evaluate whether serum ApoJ levels might be able to predict the progression to AD, VD, or mixed dementia (ADVD) in individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).Serum ApoJ was measured in 196 MCI subjects (aged ≥60 years) with a median follow up of 2.9 years.One hundred thirty-two of the enrolled MCI subjects converted to dementia. Among these, 45% developed AD, 33% mixed dementia, 13% VD (VD), and 9% other forms of dementia. A significant trend toward a progressive reduction in the incidence of dementia, regardless of the type, from tertile I (83.1%), to tertile II (63.1%), to tertile III (56.1%) was observed (p = 0.003). After adjustment for potential confounders, a twofold increase in the risk of conversion to dementia was found in subjects belonging to tertile I of Apo J compared with tertile III; the risk increased after two years of follow up, while no differences emerged within the first 2 years.Our results suggest that in MCI subjects, low APOJ levels may be associated with increased risk of developing dementia.
Published: 2021

16. Clinical and demographic parameters predict the progression from mild cognitive impairment to dementia in elderly patients

Author: Davide Seripa, Carlo Cervellati, Michele Polastri, Tommaso Romagnoli, Angelina Passaro, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Amedeo Zurlo, and Lisa Marabini
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Multivariate statistics, Aging, Neuropsychological Tests, behavioral disciplines and activities, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Economica, Predictive Value of Tests, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Dementia, Humans, In patient, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive impairment, Aged, Demography, 030214 geriatrics, Proportional hazards model, business.industry, Follow-up, Area under the curve, Curve analysis, Cox regression, Mild cognitive impairment, Cognition, medicine.disease, Disease Progression, Original Article, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Objectives To evaluate the possibility of predicting the risk of progression from mild cognitive impairment (MCI) to dementia using a combination of clinical/demographic parameters. Methods A total of 462 MCI elderly patients (follow-up: 33 months). Variable measured included cognitive functions, age, gender, MCI type, education, comorbidities, clinical chemistry, and functional status. Results Amnestic type (aMCI) represented 63% of the sample, non-amnestic (naMCI) 37%; 190 subjects progressed to dementia, 49% among aMCI, and 28% among naMCI. At Cox multivariate regression analysis, only MMSE (one point increase HR 0.84; 95% CI 0.79–0.90), aMCI (HR 2.35; 95% CI 1.39–3.98), and age (1 year increase HR 1.05; 95% CI 1.01–1.10) were independently associated with progression to dementia. A score was created based on these dichotomized variables (score 0–3): age (≥ or p 0.0001). Conclusions We have described a simple score, based on previously recognized predictors such as age, MMSE, and MCI type, which may be useful for an initial stratification of the risk of progression to dementia in patients affected by MCI. The score might help the clinicians to evaluate the need for more expansive/invasive examinations and for a closer follow-up in MCI patients.
Published: 2020

17. Lower Plasma Klotho Concentrations Are Associated with Vascular Dementia but Not Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Author: Mario Luca Morieri, Giovanni Battista Vigna, Cristina Bosi, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Francesco Bonetti, Veronica Tisato, Beatrice Ortolani, Caterina Borgna, Angelina Passaro, and Maria Vittoria Arcidicono
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Aging, Homocysteine, Klotho, Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Mild cognitive impairment, Vascular dementia, Late-onset Alzheimer's disease, chemistry.chemical_compound, Cognition, 0302 clinical medicine, Risk Factors, 80 and over, Stroke, Glucuronidase, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Aged, Alzheimer Disease, Biomarkers, Case-Control Studies, Cognitive Dysfunction, Dementia, Vascular, Humans, Logistic Models, Multivariate Analysis, medicine.medical_specialty, Socio-culturale, 03 medical and health sciences, Vascular, Internal medicine, medicine, Dementia, Klotho Proteins, Creatinine, business.industry, Memory clinic, Leukoaraiosis, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, chemistry, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background: The protein Klotho is involved in biological processes related to longevity, cardiovascular health, and cognition. Serum Klotho levels have been associated with better cognition in animal models; moreover, lower Klotho concentrations in cerebrospinal fluid from subjects with late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) have been reported. Objective: Our study aimed to examine the possible relationship between Klotho plasma concentrations and cognitive status in the elderly. Methods: We evaluated plasma Klotho levels in a sample of 320 elderly patients admitted to a Memory Clinic. Four groups of subjects were enrolled, including cognitively intact individuals complaining about memory loss (controls) and patients affected by LOAD, mild cognitive impairment, or vascular dementia (VD). The sample was stratified by plasma Klotho tertiles. Results: Lower levels of plasma Klotho (1st tertile) were associated with older age, higher prevalence of VD, single/multiple lacunar infarcts and leukoaraiosis, coronary heart disease and stroke, and higher levels of creatinine, homocysteine, and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. On multivariate logistic regression analysis, the risk of VD was 3- and 4-fold in subjects belonging to the 1st tertile (≤514.8 pg/mL, OR 3.54, 95% CI 1.05–11.93) and 2nd tertile (> 514.8, < 659.1 pg/mL, OR 4.28, 95% CI 1.30–14.06) compared to the 3rd tertile (≥659.1 pg/mL). A significantly increased VD risk was found for Klotho values < 680 pg/mL. Conclusion: In a sample of elderly individuals, we found a significant association between low plasma Klotho levels and VD, but not LOAD. This finding suggests that, although these 2 forms of dementia might overlap, some physiopathological mechanisms related to VD and LOAD remain distinct.
Published: 2018
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18. Understanding Factors Associated With Psychomotor Subtypes of Delirium in Older Inpatients With Dementia

Author: Morandi, Alessandro, primary, Zambon, Antonella, additional, Di Santo, Simona G., additional, Mazzone, Andrea, additional, Cherubini, Antonio, additional, Mossello, Enrico, additional, Bo, Mario, additional, Marengoni, Alessandra, additional, Bellelli, Giuseppe, additional, Rispoli, Vincenzo, additional, Malara, Alba, additional, Spadea, Fausto, additional, Di Cello, Serena, additional, Ceravolo, Francesco, additional, Fabiano, Francesco, additional, Chiaradia, Giuseppe, additional, Gabriele, Amedeo, additional, Lenino, Peluso, additional, Andrea, Taristano, additional, Settembrini, Vincenzo, additional, Capomolla, Domenico, additional, Citrino, Antonella, additional, Scriva, Antonietta, additional, Bruno, Irene, additional, Secchi, Roberto, additional, De Martino, Eugenio, additional, Muccinelli, Roberto, additional, Lupi, Gerardo, additional, Paonessa, Patrizio, additional, Fabbri, Andrea, additional, Passuti, Maria Teresa, additional, Castellari, Sofia, additional, Po, Andrea, additional, Gaggioli, Guido, additional, Varesi, Massimo, additional, Moneti, Paolo, additional, Capurso, Sebastiano, additional, Latini, Vincenzo, additional, Ghidotti, Stefano, additional, Riccardelli, Francesco, additional, Macchi, Maurizio, additional, Rigo, Rosaria, additional, Claudio, Pascale, additional, Angelo, Bosio, additional, Flavio, Cerrato, additional, Benedetta, Bardelli, additional, Boffelli, Stefano, additional, Cassinadri, Angela, additional, Franzoni, Simone, additional, Spazzini, Elena, additional, Andretto, Daniela, additional, Tonini, Gabriele, additional, Andreani, Laura, additional, Coralli, Mirco, additional, Balotta, Antonio, additional, Cancelliere, Roberto, additional, Ballardini, Giorgio, additional, Simoncelli, Margherita, additional, Mancini, Annarita, additional, Strazzacapa, Mara, additional, Fabio, Stefano, additional, De Filippi, Francesco, additional, Giudice, Chiara, additional, Dentizzi, Cosimo, additional, Azzini, Margherita, additional, Cazzadori, Marco, additional, Mastroeni, Valeria, additional, Bertassello, Paolo, additional, Claudia Benati, Helena Santana, additional, Nesta, Elisa, additional, Tobaldini, Chiara, additional, Guerini, Fabio, additional, Elena, Tambara, additional, Mombelloni, Paolo, additional, Fontanini, Fulvio, additional, Gabriella, Lassa, additional, Pizzorni, Crosio, additional, Oliverio, Martina, additional, Del Grosso, Luciano Luca, additional, Giavedoni, Cristina, additional, Bidoli, Giuliano, additional, Mazzei, Bruno, additional, Corsonello, Andrea, additional, Fusco, Sergio, additional, Vena, Silvio, additional, De Vuono, Tommaso, additional, Maiuri, Giorgio, additional, Luca, Fimognari Filippo, additional, Andrea, Arone, additional, Giovanni, Sgrò, additional, Rossella, Nicolazzo, additional, Castegnaro, Eugenio, additional, De Rosa, Salvatore, additional, Sechi, Rossella Bazzano, additional, Benvenuti, Enrico, additional, Del Lungo, Ilaria, additional, Giardini, Sante, additional, Giulietti, Chiara, additional, Mauro, Di Bari, additional, Eleonora, Barghini, additional, Martina, Paoli, additional, Irene, Fiordelli, additional, Riccardo, Barucci, additional, Federica, Sgrilli, additional, Ilaria, Del Lungo, additional, Bertoletti, Erik, additional, D'Amico, Ferdinando, additional, Caronzolo, Francesco, additional, Grippa, Alessandro, additional, Lombardo, Giuseppina, additional, Pipicella, Tiziana, additional, Antonino, Saitta, additional, Francesco, Corica, additional, Valeria, Prestipino Giarritta, additional, Daniela, Larosa, additional, Domenico, Cucinotta, additional, Giorgio, Basile, additional, March, Albert, additional, Nitti, Maria Teresa, additional, Felici, Alessandro, additional, Pavan, Silvia, additional, Piazzani, Fabrizio, additional, Lunelli, Alessandra, additional, Dimori, Sergio, additional, Margotta, Alessandro, additional, Soglia, Tiziano, additional, Postacchini, Demetrio, additional, Brunelli, Roberto, additional, Santini, Silvia, additional, Francavilla, Monia, additional, Macchiati, Ilenia, additional, Sorvillo, Francesca, additional, Giuli, Cinzia, additional, Mecocci, Patrizia, additional, Longo, Annalisa, additional, Perticone, Francesco, additional, Addesi, Desireè, additional, Rosa, Paola Cerra, additional, Bencardino, Giuseppe, additional, Falbo, Tania, additional, Grillo, Nadia, additional, Marco, Filice, additional, Mirella, Flippo, additional, Fantò, Fausto, additional, Isaia, Gianluca, additional, Pezzilli, Stella, additional, Bergamo, Daniele, additional, Furno, Elisabetta, additional, Rrodhe, Sokol, additional, Lucarini, Simonetta, additional, Dijk, Babette, additional, Dall'Acqua, Francesca, additional, Cappelletto, Francesco, additional, Calvani, Donatella, additional, Becheri, Dimitri, additional, Giuseppe, Mottino, additional, Costanza, Mitidieri, additional, Vito, Antonio, additional, Francesca, Bartalucci, additional, Magherini, Lorenza, additional, Novella, Malin, additional, Franca, Boni, additional, Lucia Gambardella, Paoli Martina, additional, Valente, Carlo, additional, Ilaria, Bracali, additional, Alice, Foschini, additional, Porrino, Paola, additional, Ceci, Giacomo, additional, Giuliana, Bottignole, additional, Michela, Tibaldi, additional, Eleonora, Coppo, additional, Ettore, Evaristo, additional, Camellini, Cinzia, additional, Servello, Adriana, additional, Grassi, Alessandro, additional, Rozzini, Renzo, additional, Tironi, Sara, additional, Grassi, Maria Grazia, additional, Troisi, Elio, additional, Carlo, Caltagirone, additional, Simona Gabriella, Di Santo, additional, Flaminia, Franchini, additional, Federica, Ratto, additional, Beatrice, Pavoni, additional, Sofia, Toniolo, additional, Gabutto, Anna, additional, Quazzo, Loredana, additional, Rosatello, Annalisa, additional, Suraci, Domenico, additional, Tagliabue, Benedetta, additional, Perrone, Chiara, additional, Ferrara, Lucia, additional, Castagna, Alberto, additional, Tremolada, Maria Luisa, additional, Giuseppe, Castoldi, additional, Stefano, Barbero, additional, Davide, Oltramonti, additional, Piano, Simonetta, additional, Serviddio, Gaetano, additional, Lo Buglio, Aurelio, additional, Gurrera, Tiziana, additional, Merlo, Valeria, additional, Rovai, Carla, additional, Cotroneo, Antonino Maria, additional, Carlucci, Rosaria, additional, Abbaldo, Anna, additional, Monzani, Fabio, additional, Qasem, Ahmad Amedeo, additional, Bini, Giacomo, additional, Tafuto, Silvia, additional, Galli, Giovanni, additional, Bruni, Amalia Cecilia, additional, Mancuso, Giovanna, additional, Mancuso, Gerardo, additional, Calipari, Daniela, additional, Giuseppe Massimiliano, De Luca, additional, Bernardini, Bruno, additional, Corsini, Carla, additional, Michele, Ciccarelli, additional, Sara, Dal Farra, additional, Cagnin, Annachiara, additional, Fragiacomo, Federica, additional, Pompanin, Sara, additional, Piero, Amodio, additional, Marco, Cagnin, additional, Zurlo, Amedeo, additional, Guerra, Gianluca, additional, Pala, Marco, additional, Menozzi, Luca, additional, Gatti, Chiara Delli, additional, Magon, Stefania, additional, Roberto, Manfredini, additional, Alfredo, De Giorgi, additional, Fabio, Fabbian, additional, Ruana, Tiseo, additional, Elisa, Misurati, additional, Benedetta, Boari, additional, Christian, Molino, additional, Marco, Pala, additional, Massimo, Gallerani, additional, Di Francesco, Vincenzo, additional, Faccioli, Silvia, additional, Pellizzari, Luca, additional, Giorgia, Fontana, additional, Barbagallo, Giuseppe, additional, Lunardelli, Maria Lia, additional, Martini, Emilio, additional, Ferrari, Eleonora, additional, Macchiarulo, Maria, additional, Corneli, Maria, additional, Bacci, Monica, additional, Battaglia, Giuseppe, additional, Anastasio, Luigi, additional, Lo Storto, Mario Sostene, additional, Seresin, Chiara, additional, Simonato, Matteo, additional, Loreggian, Michele, additional, Cestonaro, Fausta, additional, Durando, Mario, additional, Latella, Raffaele, additional, Mazzoleni, Marta, additional, Russo, Giuseppe, additional, Ponte, Martino, additional, Valchera, Alessandro, additional, Salustri, Giuseppe, additional, Petritola, Donatella, additional, Costa, Alfredo, additional, Sinforiani, Elena, additional, Cotta, Matteo Ramusino, additional, Pizio, Renato Nicola, additional, Cester, Alberto, additional, Formilan, Marino, additional, Pietro, Bonometto, additional, Carbone, Pasqualina, additional, Cazzaniga, Ilaria, additional, Appollonio, Ildebrando, additional, Cereda, Diletta, additional, Stabile, Andrea, additional, Xhani, Rubjona, additional, Acampora, Roberto, additional, Tremolizzo, Lucio, additional, Federico, Pieruzzi, additional, Antonio, Ciaccio, additional, Valerio, Pontecorvi, additional, Cesare, Burti, additional, Zhirajr, Mokini, additional, Giovanni, Vitale, additional, Maria, Amigoni, additional, Mariaelena, Sparacino, additional, Bottacchi, Edo, additional, Bucciantini, Elisabetta, additional, Di Giovanni, Marco, additional, Franchi, Fabrizio, additional, Lucchetti, Lucio, additional, Mariani, Claudio, additional, Grande, Giulia, additional, Rapazzini, Piero, additional, Marco, Mauri, additional, Romanelli, Giuseppe, additional, Franco, Nicosia, additional, Alessio, Margola, additional, Stefano, Bonardelli, additional, Nicola, Latronico, additional, Laura, Porcella, additional, Nazario, Portolani, additional, Carlo, Concoreggi, additional, Chiara, Grassini, additional, Soccorso, Pronto, additional, Andrea, Salvi, additional, Luca, Bianchetti, additional, Francesca, Spagnoli, additional, Roberto, Apuzzo, additional, Marco, Fontanella, additional, Anna, Ceraso, additional, Francesco, Castelli, additional, Fugazza, Luciano, additional, Guerrini, Chiara, additional, De Paduanis, Giovanna, additional, Iallonardo, Lucia, additional, Palumbo, Pasquale, additional, Zuliani, Giovanni, additional, Ortolani, Beatrice, additional, Capatti, Eleonora, additional, Soavi, Cecilia, additional, Bianchi, Lara, additional, Francesconi, Daniela, additional, Miselli, Agata, additional, Gloria, Brombo, additional, Tommaso, Romagnoli, additional, Chiara, Pazzaglini, additional, Agata, Miselli Maria, additional, Marco, Dall'Agata, additional, Luca, Menozzi, additional, Gianluca, Guerra, additional, Suardi, Teresa, additional, Zaccarini, Cinzia, additional, Manuela, Riva, additional, Mirra, Gianluca, additional, Muti, Ettore, additional, Bottura, Renato, additional, Gianpaolo, Moretti, additional, Secreto, Piero, additional, Bisio, Erika, additional, Cecchettani, Marco, additional, Naldi, Tamara, additional, Pallavicino, Alessandra, additional, Pugliese, Michela, additional, Iozzo, Rosaria Cosima, additional, Grassi, Guido, additional, Michele, Bombelli, additional, Raffaella, Dell'Oro, additional, Fosca, Quarti Trevano, additional, Giorgio, Giussani Carlo, additional, Giovanni, Paternò, additional, Ernesto, Contro, additional, Mannironi, Antonio, additional, Giorli, Elisa, additional, Oberti, Sara, additional, Fierro, Brigida, additional, Piccoli, Tommaso, additional, Giacalone, Fabio, additional, Mandas, Antonella, additional, Serchisu, Luca, additional, Costaggiu, Diego, additional, Pinna, Elisa, additional, Orrù, Francesca, additional, Mannai, Martina, additional, Cordioli, Zeno, additional, Pelizzari, Luca, additional, Turcato, Emanuela, additional, Arduini, Pietro, additional, Cacace, Carlo, additional, Chiloiro, Roberta, additional, Cimino, Rosella, additional, Ruberto, Carmen, additional, Giovanni, Ruotolo, additional, Pietro, Gareri, additional, Laura, Greco, additional, Alberto, Castagna, additional, Carmen, Ruberto, additional, Santo, Pierluigi Dal, additional, Andriolli, Antonino, additional, Burattin, Giuseppe, additional, Rossi, Laura, additional, Andreolli Antonino, Cervati Giovanna, additional, Giuseppe, Catalano, additional, Tezza, Fabiana, additional, Maddalena, Pizzardini, additional, Laura, Stievano, additional, Crippa, Patrizia, additional, Aloisio, Paola, additional, Di Monda, Tiziana, additional, Malighetti, Alessandro, additional, Galbassini, Gloria, additional, Salutis, Domus, additional, Ivaldi, Claudio, additional, Russo, Anna Maria, additional, Bennati, Ettore, additional, Pino, Elisabetta, additional, Zavarise, Gianmaria, additional, Pesci, Alberto, additional, Suigo, Giulia, additional, Faverio, Paola, additional, Andrea, Gori, additional, Sabrina, Perego, additional, Zanasi, Massimo, additional, Moniello, Giovanni, additional, Rostagno, Carlo, additional, Cartei, Alessandro, additional, Polidori, Gianluca, additional, Ungar, Andrea, additional, Melis, Maria Ramona, additional, Martellini, Eleonora, additional, Enrico, Mossello, additional, Monica, Torrini, additional, Antonella, Giordano, additional, Giovanna, Leone, additional, Migliorini, Marta, additional, Caramelli, Francesca, additional, Battiston, Bruno, additional, Berardino, Maurizio, additional, Cavallo, Simona, additional, Alessandro, Massè, additional, Anna, Santoro, additional, Lombardi, Bruna, additional, D'Ippolito, Pierpaolo, additional, Furini, Angela, additional, Villani, Daniele, additional, Clara, Raimondi, additional, Guarneri, Massimo, additional, Paolucci, Stefano, additional, Bassi, Andrea, additional, Coiro, Paola, additional, De Angelis, Domenico, additional, Morone, Giovanni, additional, Venturiero, Vincenzo, additional, Palleschi, Lorenzo, additional, Raganato, Paolo, additional, Di Niro, Giuseppina, additional, Rosa, Casini Anna, additional, Loredana, Bove, additional, Imoscopi, Alessandra, additional, Isaia, Giancarlo, additional, Tibaldi, V., additional, Bottignole G, G., additional, Calvi, E., additional, Clementi, C., additional, Zanocchi, M., additional, Agosta, L., additional, Nortarelli, Antonella, additional, Provenzano, Giuseppe, additional, Mari, Daniela, additional, Romano, Federica Ylenia, additional, Rosini, Francesca, additional, Mansi, Marta, additional, Rossi, Silvia, additional, Geriatria, Alex Riccardelli, additional, Inzaghi, Lorenzo, additional, Bonini, Giulia, additional, Rossi, Paolo, additional, Potena, Alfredo, additional, Lichii, Mihaela, additional, Candiani, Tiziana, additional, Grimaldi, William, additional, Bertani, Emiliano, additional, Alessandra, Porta, additional, Calogero, Pietro, additional, Pinto, Daniela, additional, Bernardi, Roberto, additional, Nicolino, Francesco, additional, Galetti, Caterina, additional, Gianstefani, Alice, additional, Giulia, Corvalli, additional, Lorenzo, Mulazzani, additional, Odetti, Patrizio, additional, Monacelli, Fiammetta, additional, Prefumo, Matteo, additional, Fiammetta, Monacelli, additional, Canepa, Marta, additional, Minaglia, Cecilia, additional, Paolisso, Giuseppe, additional, Rizzo, Maria Rosaria, additional, Prestano, Raffaele, additional, Dalise, Anna Maria, additional, Barra, Davide, additional, Bosco, Livio Dal, additional, Asprinio, Vincenzo, additional, Dallape, Luciana, additional, Perina, Elisa, additional, Incalzi, Raffaele Antonelli, additional, Bartoli, Isaura Rossi, additional, Pluderi, Alice, additional, Maina, Antonella, additional, Pecoraro, Elisabetta, additional, Sciarra, Michela, additional, Prudente, Angela, additional, Paola, Maina, additional, Francesca, Mete, additional, Manuel, Ventura, additional, Luisella, Cesari, additional, Maria, Pernigotti Luigi, additional, Tina, Santangelo, additional, Benini, Lucia, additional, Levato, Francesco, additional, Mhiuta, Victor, additional, Alius, Florin, additional, Davidoaia, Diana, additional, Giardini, Vittorio, additional, Garancini, Mattia, additional, Bellamoli, Claudio, additional, Terranova, Luciano, additional, Bozzini, Claudia, additional, Tosoni, Paolo, additional, Provoli, Emma, additional, Cascone, Luisa, additional, Dioli, Andrea, additional, Ferrarin, Gianfranco, additional, Bucci, Adelmo, additional, Bua, Guido, additional, Fenu, Sara, additional, Bianchi, Giovanna, additional, Casella, Silvia, additional, Romano, Valentina, additional, Maurizio, Poli, additional, Mascherona, Ilenia, additional, Belotti, Gloria, additional, Cavaliere, Sabina, additional, Cuni, Estella, additional, Merciuc, Nina, additional, Oberti, Rosella, additional, Veneziani, Silvia, additional, Capoferri, Emanuela, additional, De Bernardi, Elisabetta, additional, Colombo, Katia, additional, Bravi, Marco, additional, Nicoletta, Negrinotti, additional, D'Arcangelo, Paolo, additional, Montenegro, Nicola, additional, Montanari, Roberto, additional, Lamanna, Pierpaolo, additional, Gasperini, Beatrice, additional, Isabella, Montesi, additional, Stefania, Diotallevi, additional, Gaia, Altobelli, additional, Filippo, Calcinaro, additional, Palamà, Chiara, additional, Di Emidio, Chiara, additional, Scarpini, Elio, additional, Arighi, Andrea, additional, Fumagalli, Giorgio, additional, Basilico, Paola, additional, De Amicis Margherita, Migone, additional, Marta, Mancarella, additional, Diletta, Maira, additional, Granata, Antonino, additional, Ranalli, Claudia, additional, Cammilli, Alessandra, additional, Cavallini, Maria Chiara, additional, Tricca, Manola, additional, Natella, Daniela, additional, Gabbani, Luciano, additional, Tesi, Francesca, additional, Martella, Letizia, additional, Imbrici, Rosalba, additional, Guerrini, Gianbattista, additional, Scotuzzi, Anna Maria, additional, Sozzi, Ferdinando, additional, Valenti, Luigi, additional, Chiarello, Antonino, additional, Monia, Monella, additional, Pilotto, Alberto, additional, Prete, Camilla, additional, Senesi, Barbara, additional, Meta, Anna Cristina, additional, Pendenza, Enrico, additional, Pasqualetti, Giuseppe, additional, Polini, Antonio, additional, Tognini, Sara, additional, Ballino, Elena, additional, Dell'Aquila, Giuseppina, additional, Gasparrini, Pina Maria, additional, Marotti, Elisabetta, additional, Migale, Monica, additional, Scrimieri, Antonia, additional, Falsetti, Lorenzo, additional, Salvi, Aldo, additional, Toigo, Gabriele, additional, Ceschia, Giuliano, additional, Rosso, Alessia, additional, Tongiorgi, Chiara, additional, Scarpa, Cristina, additional, Maurizio, Pacchioni, additional, De Dominicis, Luigino, additional, Pucci, Eugenio, additional, Renzi, Sara, additional, Cartechini, Elisabetta, additional, Tomassini, Pia Francesca, additional, Del Gobbo, Maurizio, additional, Ugenti, Francesca, additional, Romeo, Pasquale, additional, Nardelli, Anna, additional, Lauretani, Fulvio, additional, Visioli, Sandra, additional, Montanari, Ilaria, additional, Ermini, Francesca, additional, Giordano, Antonio, additional, Pigato, Giorgio, additional, Simeone, Emilio, additional, Barbujani, Mario, additional, Giampieri, Marina, additional, Amoruso, Raffaele, additional, Piccinini, Maristella, additional, Ferrari, Camilla, additional, Gambetti, Claudio, additional, Sfrappini, Mario, additional, Semeraro, Letizia, additional, Striuli, Rinaldo, additional, Mariani, Claudia, additional, Pelliccioni, Giuseppe, additional, Marinelli, Donatella, additional, Fabi, Katia, additional, Rossi, Tommaso, additional, Pesallaccia, Martina, additional, Sabbatini, Debora, additional, Gobbi, Beatrice, additional, Cerqua, Raffaella, additional, Tagliani, Giancarla, additional, Schlauser, Elena, additional, Caser, Luciano, additional, Caramello, Elisa, additional, Sandigliano, Franca, additional, Rosso, Giorgio, additional, Ferrari, Alberto, additional, Bendini, Chiara, additional, Luisa, Davoli Maria, additional, Casella, Monica, additional, Prampolini, Raffaella, additional, Scevola, Moreno, additional, Vitale, Enrico, additional, Roberto, Brugiolo, additional, Carlo, Fagherazzi, additional, Sergio, Fusco, additional, Alberto, Scarpa, additional, Daniela, Zara, additional, Giulia, Bertozzo, additional, Serena, Granziera, additional, Michele, Barazzuol, additional, Maugeri, Domenico, additional, Sorace, Rosaria, additional, Anzaldi, Massimiliano, additional, De Gesu, Roberto, additional, Morrone, Giuseppe, additional, Davolio, Federica, additional, Fabbo, Andrea, additional, Palmieri, Marina, additional, Zoli, Marco, additional, Forti, Paola, additional, Pirazzoli, Luca, additional, Fabbri, Elisa, additional, Terenzi, Laura, additional, Bergolari, Federica, additional, Wenter, Christian, additional, Ruffini, Ingrid, additional, Insam, Miriam, additional, Abraham, Elisabeth, additional, Kirchlechner, Christine, additional, Cucinotta, Domenico, additional, Antonino, Lasco, additional, Basile, Giorgio, additional, Grazia, Arena Maria, additional, Parise, Pasquale, additional, Boccali, Andrea, additional, Amici, Serena, additional, Gambacorta, Maurizia, additional, Lasagni, Anna, additional, Lovati, Roberto, additional, Giovinazzo, Francesca, additional, Kimak, Elzbieta, additional, Zappa, Paolo, additional, Medici, Francesco, additional, Lo Castro, Marika, additional, Mauro, Flavia, additional, De Luca, Alessandro, additional, Sancesario, Giuseppe, additional, Martorana, Alessandro, additional, Scaricamazza, Beatrice, additional, Toniolo, Sofia, additional, Di Lorenzo, Francesco, additional, Liguori, Claudio, additional, Lasco, Antonino, additional, Vita, Natale, additional, Giomi, Mirna, additional, Forte, Floriana, additional, Padovani, Alessandro, additional, Rozzini, Luca, additional, Ceraso, Anna, additional, Salvatore, Caratozzolo, additional, Cottino, Maria, additional, Vitali, Silvia, additional, Marelli, Eleonora, additional, Tripi, Gabriele, additional, Miceli, Salvatore, additional, Urso, Giovanni, additional, Grioni, Giuseppe, additional, Vezzadini, Giuliana, additional, Misaggi, Giulia, additional, Forlani, Chiara, additional, Avanzi, Stefano, additional, Serena, Saulle, additional, Claudia, Casarini, additional, Marilena, Viggiano, additional, Alberto, Luisa, additional, Diego, Ghianda, additional, Alessandro, Giordano, additional, Iemolo, Francesco, additional, Giordano, Antonello, additional, Sanzaro, Enzo, additional, D'Asta, Gabriele, additional, Proietto, Maria, additional, Carnemolla, Anna, additional, Razza, Grazia, additional, Spadaro, Daniela, additional, Bertolotti, Marco, additional, Mussi, Chiara, additional, Neviani, Francesca, additional, Roberto, Chiesa, additional, Valentina, Guerzoni, additional, Linda, Morselli, additional, Francesca, Venturelli, additional, Tarozzi, Adriano, additional, Balestri, Francesca, additional, Mannarino, Giulio, additional, Bigolari, Michela, additional, Natale, Alessia, additional, Grassi, Simona, additional, Bottaro, Cinzia, additional, Stefanelli, Sara, additional, Bovone, Ugo, additional, Tortorolo, Umberto, additional, Quadri, Roberto, additional, Leone, Giuseppe, additional, Ponzetto, Maria, additional, Frasson, Paola, additional, Annoni, Giorgio, additional, Bruni, Adriana, additional, Confalonieri, Roberto, additional, Corsi, Maurizio, additional, Moretti, Daniela, additional, Teruzzi, Fabiola, additional, Umidi, Simona, additional, Mazzola, Paolo, additional, Perego, Sabrina, additional, Persico, Ilaria, additional, Olivieri, Giulia, additional, Bonfanti, Alessandra, additional, Hajnalka, Szabò, additional, Galeazzi, Marianna, additional, Massariello, Francesca, additional, Anzuini, Alessandra, additional, Caffarra, Paolo, additional, Barocco, Federica, additional, Spallazzi, Marco, additional, Paolo, Ceda Gian, additional, Simonetta, Morganti, additional, Andrea, Artoni, additional, Chioatto, Paolo, additional, Bortolamei, Sandra, additional, Soattin, Lucia, additional, Ruotolo, Giovanni, additional, Beneamino, Borelli, additional, Giuseppe, Barilaro, additional, Bertazzoli, Marco, additional, Rota, Elisabetta, additional, Adobati, Annamaria, additional, Scarpa, Alberto, additional, Granziera, Serena, additional, Zuccher, Paola, additional, Fabbro, Angela Dal, additional, Zara, Daniela, additional, Lo Nigro, Ambra, additional, Franchetti, Lorena, additional, Toniolo, Marika, additional, Marcuzzo, Cinzia, additional, Rollone, Marco, additional, Guerriero, Fabio, additional, Sgarlata, Carmelo, additional, Massè, Alessandro, additional, Zatti, Giovanni, additional, Piatti, Massimiliano, additional, Graci, Jole, additional, Benati, Giuseppe, additional, Boschi, Federica, additional, Biondi, Mario, additional, Fiumi, Nicoletta, additional, Erika, Tamburini, additional, Locatelli, Sergio Mario, additional, Mauri, Sabrina, additional, Beretta, Mauro, additional, Margheritis, Laura, additional, Desideri, Giovanbattista, additional, Liberatore, Ester, additional, Carucci, Anna Cecilia, additional, Bonino, Paolo, additional, Caput, Margherita, additional, Antonietti, Maria Paola, additional, Polistena, Giuseppe, additional, De la Pierre, Franz, additional, Mari, Marcello, additional, Massignani, Paola, additional, Tombesi, Fabio, additional, Selvaggio, Fabio, additional, Verbo, Brunella, additional, Bodoni, Paolo, additional, Marchionni, Niccolò, additional, Sabatini, Tony, additional, Mussio, Eleonora, additional, Magni, Eugenio, additional, Bianchetti, Angelo, additional, Crucitti, Andrea, additional, Titoldini, Giulia, additional, Cossu, Beatrice, additional, Fascendini, Sara, additional, Licini, Cristina, additional, Tomasoni, Angela, additional, Calderazzo, Massimo, additional, Daniela, Tropiano, additional, Valentina, Laganà, additional, Melotti, Rita Maria, additional, Lilli, Albina, additional, Buda, Simona, additional, Adversi, Marco, additional, Noro, Gabriele, additional, Turco, Renato, additional, Ubezio, M Chiara, additional, Mantovani, Anna Roberta, additional, Viola, Maria Cristina, additional, Serrati, Carlo, additional, Pretta, Stefano, additional, Infante, Maria, additional, Gentile, Simona, additional, Morandi, Alessandro, additional, D'Ambrosio, Viviana, additional, Mazzanti, Paolo, additional, Brambilla, Cristina, additional, Sportelli, Silvia, additional, Platto, Caterina, additional, Faraci, Bianca, additional, Quattrocchi, Daniela, additional, Pernigotti, Luigi Maria, additional, Pisu, Cristina, additional, Sicuro, Francesca, additional, Zagnoni, Piergiuseppe, additional, Ghiglia, Stefania, additional, Mosca, Massimiliano, additional, Corazzin, Ileana, additional, Deola, Mariangela, additional, Biagini, Carlo Adriano, additional, Bencini, Francesca, additional, Cantini, Claudia, additional, Tonon, Elisabetta, additional, Pierinelli, Silvia, additional, Onofrj, Marco, additional, Thomas, Astrid, additional, Filomena, Borbone, additional, Bonanni, Laura, additional, Gabriella, Cacchiò, additional, Comi, Giancarlo, additional, Magnani, Giuseppe, additional, Santangelo, Roberto, additional, Mazzeo, Salvatore, additional, Giuseppe, Magnani, additional, Francesca, Caso, additional, Giordano, Cecchetti, additional, Roberto, Sant'Angelo, additional, Barbieri, Cristina, additional, Giroldi, Liviana, additional, Bandini, Fabio, additional, Masina, Marco, additional, Malservisi, Simona, additional, Cicognani, Annalena, additional, Ricca, Laura, additional, Piccininni, Maristella, additional, Tassinari, Tiziana, additional, Brogi, Davide, additional, Sugo, Annalisa, additional, Alessandra, Filippi, additional, Sonia, Manfredi, additional, Valerio, Vanni, additional, Andrea, Usai Carlo, additional, Enrico, Colombo, additional, Vera, Renna Francesca, additional, Assunta, Sauchella, additional, Gianmaria, Zavarise, additional, Mauro, Prete, additional, Pietro, Bisagni, additional, Roberto, Masini, additional, Salvatore, Carrabetta, additional, Barone, Antonella, additional, Razzano, Monica, additional, Giuseppe, Imperoli, additional, Angela, Bini, additional, Francesco, Serra, additional, Valeria, D'Agostino, additional, Federico, Gianolla, additional, Lucia, Pietrangeli, additional, Antonella, Velardi, additional, Elisabetta, Di Cello, additional, Cristina, Rosati, additional, Nadia, Casali, additional, Maria, Sessa, additional, Luciano, Abruzzi, additional, Chiara, Costanzi, additional, Bini, Paolo, additional, Pignata, Michele, additional, Enrico, Buonagurio, additional, Maria, Vollery, additional, Giovanni, Carrieri, additional, Giorgio, Cioni, additional, Andrea, Toschi, additional, Marco, Metra, additional, Piera, Ranieri, additional, Alberto, Zucchelli, additional, Ceccon, Anna, additional, Magrin, Laura, additional, Marin, Sara, additional, Barbara, Sofia, additional, Marco, Masina, additional, Laura, Ghedini, additional, Matteo, Moroni, additional, Marco, Paragona, additional, Caterina, Pallotti Maria, additional, Carla, Rota, additional, Federica, Gottardi, additional, Clara, Tomasoni, additional, Melania, Cappuccio, additional, Giampaolo, Bonini, additional, Stefano, Guerini, additional, Valeria, Guerini, additional, Lucia, Merla, additional, Giovambattista, Desideri, additional, Ester, Liberatore, additional, Cecilia, Carucci Anna, additional, Maurizio, Tovaglieri, additional, Vera, Renna Frandesca, additional, Nadia, Bongiorni, additional, Grillo, Antonio, additional, Arenare, Francesca, additional, Tonino, Mineo, additional, David, Kanah, additional, Giorgio, Vianello Piero, additional, Ubaldo, Balducci, additional, Vincenzo, Sidoti, additional, Stefano, Montanari, additional, Marino, Formilan, additional, Busonera Flavio, Murelli Teodolindo, additional, Paolo, Albanese, additional, Monica, Maselli, additional, Francesco, Bolzetta, additional, Roberto, Fabris, additional, Paolo, Bonino, additional, DuranteMangoni, Emanuele, additional, Testoni, Michela, additional, Fabio, Di Stefano, additional, Loredana, Seccia, additional, Valeria, Sonzini, additional, Fabiano, Maria, additional, Annabella, Di Giorgio, additional, Salvatore, De Cosmo, additional, Greco, Antonio, additional, Grazia, D'Onofrio, additional, Daniele, Sancarlo, additional, Gianluca, Resta, additional, Renzo, Girardello, additional, Sergio, Minervini, additional, Morena, Boni, additional, Vitali, Mariagrazia, additional, Marina, Pizzoni, additional, Paolo, De Colle, additional, Cristina, Scarpa, additional, Alessandra, Frattola, additional, Orlandini, Francesco, additional, La Regina, Micaela, additional, Desirée, Addesi, additional, Mirella, Filippo, additional, Mario, Bo, additional, Paola, Porrino, additional, Padulo, Filomena, additional, Cristina, Margheriti, additional, Dario, Rolano, additional, Giancarla, Moscatelli, additional, Guido, Radaelli, additional, Elena, Montini, additional, Prete, Cosimo, additional, Marileda, Novello, additional, Igor, Bramuzzo, additional, Nicole, Bertin, additional, Elena, Rinaldo, additional, Paolillo, Ciro, additional, Riccardi, Angela, additional, Claudia, Benedetti, additional, Barbara, Rizzi, additional, Francesca, Montagna, additional, Silvia, Vitali, additional, Chiara, Cutaia, additional, Oliver, Baca, additional, Mauro, Colombo, additional, Eleonora, Marelli, additional, Giuseppe, Procino, additional, Rosaria, Tararà, additional, Maria, Cottino, additional, Davide, Dell'Acqua, additional, Stefania, Cislaghi, additional, Marco, Cairati, additional, Massimo, Porta, additional, Luca, Scaglione, additional, Martina, De Feo, additional, Paola, Vertolli, additional, Lia, Salvati, additional, Sandro, Cinotti, additional, Valentina, De Santis, additional, Erminia, Biferi, additional, Paola, Cheli, additional, Romina, Rebizzo, additional, Minisola, Salvatore, additional, Luciano, Colangelo, additional, Pasquale, Abete, additional, Ilaria, Liguori, additional, Francesca, Curcio, additional, Guglielmo, Spassini, additional, Marco, Engheben, additional, Sara, Rotunno, additional, Paola, Arosio, additional, Claudio, Angelini, additional, Francesco, Reggiani, additional, Alessandro, Cappelli, additional, Simona, Marcheselli, additional, Lara, Fratticci, additional, Paola, Ranzani, additional, Simonetta, Cesarini, additional, Antonella, Cerini, additional, Generoso, Uomo, additional, Fernando, Gallucci, additional, Giuliano, Ceschia, additional, Emanuela, Serra, additional, Mariolina, Sola, additional, Alessandro, Delitala, additional, Chiara, Pes, additional, Giulia, Lobianco, additional, Alessandro, Giani, additional, Famularo, Simone, additional, Sandini, Marta, additional, Pinotti, Enrico, additional, Gianotti, Luca, additional, Antonella, Battuello, additional, Giulia, Pintore, additional, Sante, Giardini, additional, Rossi, Andrea, additional, Rubele, Sofia, additional, Sant, Selena, additional, Marco, Vignati, additional, Danila, Clerici, additional, Fabio, Rosa, additional, Bandirali, Maria Pia, additional, Nicoletta, Cattaneo, additional, Laura, Boffi, additional, Paolo, Tosoni, additional, Luciano, Terranova, additional, Leonello, Avalli, additional, Margherita, Scanziani, additional, Stefania, De Notaris, additional, Pierluigi, Del Santo, additional, Laura, Rossi, additional, Fabiana, Tezza, additional, Giovanna, Cervati, additional, Antonino, Andreolli, additional, Felice, Catalano, additional, Giuseppe, Burattin, additional, Danilo, Fogli, additional, Giovanna, Di Bella, additional, Francesco, Landi, additional, Salini, Sara, additional, Angela, Brunetti Maria, additional, Giorgetta, Cappa, additional, Giovanni, Galvagno, additional, Paola, Cena, additional, Gerardo, Bruno, additional, Silvio, Raspo, additional, Letizia, Semeraro, additional, Sabrina, Pedrotti, additional, Davide, Barra, additional, Rosaria, Rizzo Maria, additional, Maria, Dalise Anna, additional, Raffaele, Prestano, additional, Palmieri, Vincenzo Ostilio, additional, Palasciano, Giuseppe, additional, Belfiore, Anna, additional, Portincasa, Piero, additional, Carlo, Sabbà, additional, Vincenzo, Solfrizzi, additional, Alessia, D'introno, additional, Valiani, Vincenzo, additional, Carolina, Bologna, additional, Tiziana, Ciarambino, additional, Paola, Turelli, additional, Ugo, Pazzaglia, additional, Federica, Rodella, additional, Giacomo, Piana, additional, Castellano, Maurizio, additional, Anna, Garelli, additional, Elisa, Casella, additional, Federica, Campana, additional, Antonietta, Coschignano Maria, additional, Luigi, Marinangeli, additional, Fabio, Lorico, additional, Salvatore, Bazzano, additional, Giuseppe, Menculini, additional, Gelosa, Giorgio, additional, Viviana, Ambrogio Teresa, additional, Piras, Valentina, additional, Andrea, Ciricugno, additional, Alessandra, Bollari, additional, Coen, Daniele, additional, Magliola, Renata, additional, Milanesio, Deborah, additional, Muzzulini, Carlo Lorenzo, additional, Paolo, Fogliacco, additional, Marinella, Turla, additional, Sofia, Cotelli Maria, additional, Marta, Bianchi, additional, Siano, Pietro, additional, Capo, Giuseppe, additional, Napoletano, Rosa, additional, Cecilia, Politi, additional, Mancini, Concetta, additional, Del Buono, Corrado, additional, De Bartolomeo, Giuseppe, additional, Addolorata, Martinelli, additional, Carmen, Cefalogli, additional, Roberto, Cozzi, additional, Giovanni, Virtuani Angelo, additional, Moschettini, Gianfilippo, additional, Franco, Mastroianni, additional, Daniela, Roglia, additional, D'Amico, Gabriella, additional, Mirella, Palella, additional, Endrizzi, Cristina, additional, Trotta, Lucia, additional, Ciarambino, Tiziana, additional, Orazio, Zanetti, additional, Emanuela, Terazzi, additional, Marta, Sacchetti, additional, Thomas, Fleetwood, additional, Giacomo, Tondo, additional, Ignazio, Di Fazio, additional, Andrea, Bruni, additional, Giuseppe, Orsitto, additional, Emanuela, Fabbro, additional, Serena, Amici, additional, Elena, D'Imporzano, additional, Anna, Casanova, additional, Serena, Bertolio, additional, Erika, Nervo, additional, Roberto, Silvestri, additional, Elena, Semproni, additional, Manuela, Pintus, additional, Francesca, Aloe, additional, and Angelo, Tagliaccica, additional
Published: 2020
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19. Autophagy and mitophagy biomarkers are reduced in sera of patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

Author: Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Cristina Bosi, Simone Patergnani, Mariapina Donadio, Paolo Pinton, Maura Pugliatti, Massimo Bonora, Massimiliano Castellazzi, Davide Seripa, and Carlotta Giorgi
Subjects: Male, 0301 basic medicine, Oncology, medicine.medical_specialty, autophagy, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases, Population, ATG5, lcsh:Medicine, LS5_11, Article, Parkin, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, Mitophagy, autophagy, mitophagy, dementia, medicine, Humans, Dementia, Cognitive Dysfunction, LS5_3, Cognitive decline, lcsh:Science, Vascular dementia, education, Aged, education.field_of_study, Multidisciplinary, Cognitive ageing, business.industry, lcsh:R, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, mitophagy, Geriatrics, lcsh:Q, Female, business, Neurocognitive, Biomarkers, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, dementia
Abstract: Dementia is a neurocognitive disorder characterized by a progressive memory loss and impairment in cognitive and functional abilities. Autophagy and mitophagy are two important cellular processes by which the damaged intracellular components are degraded by lysosomes. To investigate the contribution of autophagy and mitophagy in degenerative diseases, we investigated the serum levels of specific autophagic markers (ATG5 protein) and mitophagic markers (Parkin protein) in a population of older patients by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Two hundred elderly (≥65 years) outpatients were included in the study: 40 (20 F and 20 M) with mild-moderate late onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD); 40 (20 F and 20 M) affected by vascular dementia (VAD); 40 with mild cognitive impairment (MCI); 40 (20 F and 20 M) with “mixed” dementia (MD); 40 subjects without signs of cognitive impairment were included as sex-matched controls. Our data indicated that, in serum samples, ATG5 and Parkin were both elevated in controls, and that VAD compared with AD, MCI and MD (all p
Published: 2019

20. Uric acid within the 'normal' range predict 9-year cardiovascular mortality in older individuals. The InCHIANTI study

Author: Jack M. Guralnik, Francesco Bonetti, Mario Luca Morieri, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Stefano Volpato, Ettore Napoli, Antonio Cherubini, Luigi Ferrucci, Marcello Maggio, and Stefania Bandinelli
Subjects: Male, Time Factors, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Medicine (miscellaneous), 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology, Community-dwelling, Community dwelling, Gastroenterology, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, Elderly, Risk Factors, Cause of Death, 80 and over, Medicine, LS4_4, Significant risk, Longitudinal Studies, Prospective Studies, Aged, 80 and over, Nutrition and Dietetics, Hazard ratio, Age Factors, Prognosis, Up-Regulation, Italy, InCHIANTI study, Cardiovascular Diseases, Female, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Cohort study, medicine.medical_specialty, Cardiovascular mortality, Socio-culturale, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Hyperuricemia, Risk Assessment, Article, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, Humans, Mortality, Normal range, Aged, business.industry, Proportional hazards model, Mean age, Cardiovascular mortality, Elderly, Mortality, Uric acid, Community dwelling, InCHIANTI study, Uric Acid, chemistry, Uric acid, Biomarkers, business
Abstract: Background and aims Increased uric acid levels correlate with cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular/overall mortality. To identify a uric acid threshold above which cardiovascular mortality rises, we studied the relationship between uric acid concentration and overall/cardiovascular mortality. Methods and results We analyzed data from the InCHIANTI study, a cohort study of Italian community-dwelling people with 9 years of follow-up. We selected a sample of 947 individuals over 64 years of age, free from cardio-cerebrovascular disease and with available uric acid measurement at baseline. The sample was divided according to plasma uric acid tertiles. The Hazard ratio (HR) for mortality was calculated by multivariate Cox proportional hazard model. Mean age of participants was 75.3 ± 7.3 years; the mean value of uric acid was 5.1 ± 1.4 mg/dl. Over 9-years of follow-up, 342 (36.1%) participants died, 143 deaths (15.1%) were due to cardiovascular disease. Subjects with higher uric acid concentrations presented a higher cardiovascular mortality [II (4.6–5.5 mg/dl) vs I (1.8–4.5 mg/dl) tertile HR: 1.98, 95%C.I. 1.22–3.23; III (≥5.6 mg/dl) vs I tertile HR: 1.87, 95%C.I. 1.13–3.09]. We found a non-linear association between uric acid concentrations and cardiovascular mortality with the lowest mortality for values of about 4.1 mg/dl and a significant risk increment for values above 4.3 mg/dl. Conclusion In community-dwelling older individuals free from cardio-cerebrovascular events, the lowest 9-year cardiovascular mortality was observed for uric acid values far below current target values. If confirmed, these data might represent the background for investigating the efficacy of uric acid levels reduction in similar populations.
Published: 2019

21. Contents Vol. 41, 2016

Author: Ana Verdelho, María Valles-Salgado, John D. Crawford, Boyu Chen, Yuki Ozaki, Yoko Mori, Druckerei Stückle, Kiyohiro Yamazaki, Alida A. Gouw, Claudia Woolf, Giorgio Zauli, Wee Shiong Lim, Lily O'Donoughue Jenkins, Elizabeth Suchi Chen, Liang Feng, Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, José M. Ferro, Aníbal Fernández-Oliveira, Mengensatzproduktion, Guowei Huang, Mei Sian Chong, Meiqing Lin, Zhiyan Ni, Nicole A. Kochan, Taku Yoshida, Qingyong Zhu, Catarina Santos, Ramón Fernández-Bobadilla, Ee Heok Kua, Guoguang Fan, Marília de Arruda Cardoso Smith, Floortje Thomassen, Peter Butterworth, Tze Pin Ng, Erika Rimondi, Kaarin J. Anstey, Simone Reppermund, T. Rognoni, Henry Brodaty, Iris Rawtaer, Stefano Volpato, Gang Yi, Chengxuan Qiu, Perminder S. Sachdev, Teresa Moreno-Ramos, Julian N. Trollor, Fang Ye, Ana Cortés-Martínez, Jordi A. Matías-Guiu, Siwei Bi, Tomoko Sao, Philip Scheltens, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Tih-Shih Lee, Xiuli Shang, Jiangang Zhao, Veronica Tisato, Paola Secchiero, Tianfeng Wu, Aili Song, Jiuhan Zhao, Jun Xiao, Jun-ichi Iga, Amedeo Zurlo, Sofia Madureira, Brian Draper, Lu Ji, Yong-Jie Luo, Yuta Yoshino, Melissa J. Slavin, Neng-Wei Yu, Lei Feng, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci, Jorge Matías-Guiu, Meilin Zhang, Vanessa Hew Kuan Yuen, Shu-ichi Ueno, Fei Ma, Jaime Kulisevsky, Carla Moleiro, Mitsuo Okita, Jialiang Li, and Takaaki Mori
Subjects: Psychiatry and Mental health, Cognitive Neuroscience, Geriatrics and Gerontology
Published: 2016
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22. Association of Anticholinergic Drug Burden with Cognitive and Functional Decline Over Time in Older Inpatients: Results from the CRIME Project

Author: Elisa Maietti, Francesca Malacarne, Graziano Onder, Stefano Volpato, Lara Bianchi, Carmelinda Ruggiero, Andrea Corsonello, Antonio Cherubini, and Gloria Brombo
Subjects: Male, Aging, medicine.medical_specialty, Activities of daily living, medicine.drug_class, Socio-culturale, Cholinergic Antagonists, anticholinergic burden, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Cognition, Internal medicine, Acute care, Activities of Daily Living, 80 and over, medicine, Anticholinergic, Odds Ratio, Humans, Pharmacology (medical), Cognitive Dysfunction, 030212 general & internal medicine, Longitudinal Studies, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Hospitals, Inpatients, Italy, Retrospective Studies, Hospitalization, Cognitive decline, Mini–Mental State Examination, medicine.diagnostic_test, business.industry, Repeated measures design, Odds ratio, Confidence interval, Aging, epidemiology, anticholinergic burden, ADE, epidemiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, business, ADE, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Medications with anticholinergic properties, although widely used, may negatively affect cognitive and functional status in older patients. To date there is still no standardized method to quantify anticholinergic exposure. We analyzed the relationship of two different tools for the evaluation of the anticholinergic drug burden with cognitive and functional impairment in a sample of older hospitalized patients. A retrospective and longitudinal analysis with 1-year follow-up of 1123 older hospitalized patients enrolled in seven Italian acute care wards was conducted. We assessed anticholinergic burden with the Anticholinergic Cognitive Burden (ACB) and Anticholinergic Risk Scale (ARS). Cognitive and functional status were evaluated at hospital discharge and during follow-up (3, 6, 12 months) using the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and five basic activities of daily living (ADLs). Associations between anticholinergic burden and cognitive decline and incident disability were estimated using linear regression models for repeated measures and logistic models, respectively. The mean age of the study population was 81 ± 7.5 years. ACB and ARS classifications showed low correlation (Spearman’s rho = 0.39–0.43). Anticholinergic burden increased during hospitalization and was associated with cognitive and functional status. Patients with an ARS of ≥ 1 at discharge had significantly lower baseline MMSE scores (ARS = 0: 23.1; ARS ≥ 1: 20.8; p = 0.002) and during follow-up presented a significantly steeper MMSE score decline (− 0.15/month). Moreover, patients with an ACB of ≥ 1 at discharge had an almost threefold increased risk of developing disability (odds ratio 2.77, 95% confidence interval 1.39–5.54). ACB and ARS have only a moderate degree of correlation. Use of drugs with anticholinergic properties in elderly patients is independently associated with cognitive and functional decline.
Published: 2018

23. The association between delirium and sarcopenia in older adult patients admitted to acute geriatrics units: Results from the GLISTEN multicenter observational study

Author: Giuseppe Bellelli, Antonella Zambon, Stefano Volpato, Pasquale Abete, Lara Bianchi, Mario Bo, Antonio Cherubini, Francesco Corica, Mauro Di Bari, Marcello Maggio, Giovanna Maria Manca, Maria Rosaria Rizzo, Andrea Rossi, Francesco Landi, Gloria Brombo, Beatrice Ortolani, Elisabetta Savino, Elisa Maietti, Alberto Fisichella, Valeria Buttò, Mauro Zamboni, Cesare Caliari, Elena Ferrari, Francesco Orso, Flavia Sacco, Maria Laura Di Meo, Francesca Pittella, Marco Motta, Francesca Massariello, Sergio Fusco, Roberto Schepisi, Christian Ferro, Lorenzo Marchese, Luca Agosta, Claudia Basile, Carla Coppola, Anna Maria Dalise, Ilaria Fava, Olga Catte, Maura Orru, Paolo Salaris, Anna Maria Martone, Elena Ortolani, Sara Salini, Giuseppina dell'Aquila, Barbara Carrieri, Bellelli, Giuseppe, Zambon, Antonella, Volpato, Stefano, Abete, Pasquale, Bianchi, Lara, Bo, Mario, Cherubini, Antonio, Corica, Francesco, Di Bari, Mauro, Maggio, Marcello, Manca, Giovanna Maria, Rizzo, Maria Rosaria, Rossi, Andrea, Landi, Francesco, Bellelli, G, Zambon, A, Volpato, S, Abete, P, Bianchi, L, Bo, M, Cherubini, A, Corica, F, Di Bari, M, Maggio, M, Manca, Gm, Rizzo, Mr, Rossi, A, Landi, F., Manca, G, Rizzo, M, and Landi, F
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Sarcopenia, Population, Socio-culturale, Comorbidity, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, Body mass index, Delirium, Elderly, Hospital, IADL, Sarcopenia, Nutrition and Dietetics, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, 03 medical and health sciences, Hospital, 0302 clinical medicine, Elderly, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Nutrition and Dietetic, medicine, 80 and over, Humans, Mass index, 030212 general & internal medicine, education, IADL, Geriatric Assessment, Body mass index, Aged, Geriatrics, Aged, 80 and over, Delirium, Cross-Sectional Studies, Female, Italy, education.field_of_study, Nutrition and Dietetics, Proportional hazards model, business.industry, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Physical therapy, medicine.symptom, business, human activities, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Summary Background & aims To date, studies assessing the relationship between sarcopenia and delirium, two of the most common geriatric syndromes, are lacking. We sought to explore this association by investigating the co-occurrence of these two conditions and the independent association between them in a population of hospitalized older adults. Methods Cross-sectional multicenter analysis of older adults consecutively admitted to 12 acute geriatric units (AGUs). Sarcopenia was assessed upon admission by evaluating the presence of low skeletal mass index (kg/m 2 ), and either low handgrip strength or low walking speed (European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People, EWGSOP criteria). Skeletal muscle mass was estimated using bioimpedance analysis. Participants underwent a comprehensive geriatric assessment upon admission; information concerning demographics, cognition (Short Portable Status Mental Questionnaire, SPMSQ) functional (Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, IADL and Basic-Activities of Daily Living, BADL), and health status (Charlson Index and specific diseases) was evaluated. The presence of delirium upon admission was ascertained as an explicit clinical diagnosis recorded by the researcher of each centre on the data form. All association estimates were reported as Prevalence Ratios (PRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs), using a Cox hazard proportional regression model with robust variance and constant time. Results Of the 588 analyzed patients (mean age = 80.9 ± 6.8, 53.2% females), 199 (33.8%) had sarcopenia upon admission to the AGU. According to a multivariable Cox regression, delirium upon admission (PR 1.66, 95% CI: 1.12–2.45), IADL total score (PR 0.93, 95% CI: 0.87–0.98), Body Mass Index values (BMI) ranging from 18.5 to 25.0 (PR 1.70, 95% CI: 1.33–2.18), BMI values >18.5 (PR 2.53, 95% CI: 1.81–3.53), previous stroke (PR 1.51, 95% CI: 1.10–2.07) and chronic heart failure (CHF) (PR 1.31, 95% CI: 1.02–1.68) were significantly and independently associated with sarcopenia upon admission to the AGU. Conclusion The study, carried out in a population of hospitalized older patients, shows that a diagnosis of delirium upon admission to the AGU was more frequent in those with sarcopenia than in others. Furthermore, the study found that delirium was independently associated with the risk of being sarcopenic upon admission to the AGU. Future studies are needed to confirm this association.
Published: 2018

24. Low-grade systemic inflammation is associated with functional disability in elderly people affected by dementia

Author: Amedeo Zurlo, Carlo Cervellati, Alessandro Trentini, Cristina Bosi, Angelina Passaro, Giuseppe Valacchi, Mario Luca Morieri, Giovanni Zuliani, and Gloria Brombo
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, 030213 general clinical medicine, Aging, Activities of daily living, Disease, Alzheimer’s disease, Dementia, Functional abilities, Inflammation, Mixed dementia, Activities of Daily Living, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease, Analysis of Variance, C-Reactive Protein, Case-Control Studies, Cognitive Dysfunction, Disability Evaluation, Disease Progression, Female, Geriatric Assessment, Homocysteine, Humans, Italy, Reference Values, Retrospective Studies, Systemic inflammation, 0302 clinical medicine, Economica, 80 and over, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Confounding, Original Article, medicine.symptom, medicine.medical_specialty, 03 medical and health sciences, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, 030109 nutrition & dietetics, business.industry, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Comorbidity, Confidence interval, business, human activities
Abstract: 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 BADLs/IADLs in older individuals affected by late onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD; n 110), "mixed" dementia (n 135), or mild cognitive impairment (MCI; n 258), and compared them with 75 normal Controls. Independent of age, gender, comorbidity, and other potential confounders, higher hs-CRP was significantly associated with poorer BADLs (loss ≥ 1 function) in people with LOAD (odds ratio [OR] 3.14, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.33-7.33) and mixed dementia (OR 2.48, 95%CI 1.12-5.55), but not in those with MCI (OR 1.38, 95%CI 0.83-2.45) or Controls (OR 2.98, 95%CI 0.54-10.10). No association emerged between hs-CRP and IADLs in any of the sub-group. Our data suggest that systemic low-grade inflammation may contribute to functional disability in older patients with dementia.
Published: 2018

25. Cognitive Status According to Homocysteine and B-Group Vitamins in Elderly Adults

Author: Francesco Bonetti, Stefania Magon, Giovanni Zuliani, and Gloria Brombo
Subjects: Male, Vitamin, medicine.medical_specialty, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Homocysteine, Comorbidity, Folic Acid Deficiency, chemistry.chemical_compound, Cognition, Folic Acid, Risk Factors, Internal medicine, Confidence Intervals, Odds Ratio, Prevalence, Humans, Medicine, Dementia, Vitamin B12, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, business.industry, Confounding, Vitamin B 12 Deficiency, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Vitamin B 6, Confidence interval, Vitamin B 12, Cross-Sectional Studies, Italy, chemistry, Physical therapy, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Cognition Disorders, Vitamin B 6 Deficiency, business
Abstract: Objectives To determine the association between hyperhomocysteinemia and cognitive function, taking into account the effect of B group vitamin (BGV) deficiency. Design Cross-sectional. Setting Memory Clinic, S. Anna University Hospital, Ferrara, Italy. Participants Elderly individuals (≥65) (N = 318; 44 normal cognition, 127 with cognitive impairment, 147 with dementia) divided into four groups according to plasma homocysteine (high vs normal) and BGV (normal vs deficit) levels. Measurements Cognitive, clinical, biochemical, functional, and neuroimaging parameters were evaluated. Results Hyperhomocysteinemia (>15 μmol/L) was associated with a higher prevalence of cognitive and functional impairment and dementia (odds ratio (OR) = 1.98, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.13–3.48), independent of BGV status and other confounders. Participants with hyperhomocysteinemia with normal BGV status had the worst functional status and the highest prevalence of dementia (high homocysteine/normal BGV vs normal homocysteine/normal BGV: OR = 3.20, 95% CI = 1.65–6.21). Homocysteine levels were correlated negatively with folate and vitamin B12 levels and glomerular filtration rate and positively with free thyroxine and uric acid levels (model coefficient of determination = 0.43). Conclusion Hyperhomocysteinemia was associated with worse cognitive and functional status and dementia independently of BGV levels. Approximately half of participants with hyperhomocysteinemia had normal BGV levels, suggesting that other unmeasured factors might be associated with high homocysteine levels.
Published: 2015
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26. THE RELATIONSHIP OF HEMOGLOBIN LEVELS, DELIRIUM AND COGNITIVE STATUS IN HOSPITALIZED GERIATRIC PATIENTS: RESULTS FROM THE CRIME STUDY

Author: Graziano Onder, Stefano Volpato, Andrea Corsonello, Antonio Cherubini, Stefania Magon, E. Savino, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, and Lara Bianchi
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, business.industry, Confounding, Hemoglobin levels, medicine.disease, Logistic regression, behavioral disciplines and activities, Internal medicine, mental disorders, medicine, Dementia, Cognitive status, Delirium, Who criteria, medicine.symptom, Complication, business
Abstract: Objective: Delirium is a frequent clinical complication in geriatric patients admitted to the hospital, because of the simultaneous presence and synergistic effect of predisposing and precipitating factors. Also anaemia is a common concern in geriatric population. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between anaemia (precipitating factor) and delirium in a sample of Italian older hospitalized patients with different degree of cognitive impairment (predisposing factor). Design, setting, participants: Cross-sectional analysis of 1069 participants enrolled in the CRIME study, with assessment of hemoglobin levels at hospital admission. Measurements: Delirium was assessed using DSM-IV criteria, whereas cognitive status was categorized as dementia, cognitive impairment or normal, according to clinical history, specific treatment and MMSE score. Anaemia was defined according to sex-specific WHO criteria. The association of hemoglobin levels and delirium was investigated with multivariable logistic regression models. Results: Mean age of study participants was 81.4±7.2 years, 52.2% had prevalent anaemia, 6.1% had delirium. According to cognitive status 20.8% had dementia and 40.9% had cognitive impairment. Overall there was no association between anaemia and delirium. However, among patients with cognitive impairment (MMSE
Published: 2015
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27. List of Contributors

Author: Beatrice Martinez Zugaib Abdalla, Vance L. Albaugh, Letícia Ambrosano, Adrian Barbul, Silke Bartsch, Francesco Bonetti, Christine Brombach, Gloria Brombo, Jeffrey B. Casebolt, Thomas W. Castonguay, Ian Chapman, Chiao-nan Chen, Jianshe Chen, Jake Alexander Clor, Joan M. Cook-Mills, Adilson Costa, Jennifer Doley, Edyta Fatyga, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Anil Bhanudas Gaikwad, Mayuresh S. Garud, Konstantin Horas, Samantha Hudgins, Sebastian Huhn, Dennis E. Jewell, Seema Joshi, Teresa Juarez-Cedillo, Małgorzata Kłósek, Teresa Kokot, Kristina Kolbow, Ilona Korzonek-Szlacheta, Wojciech Król, Karen S. Kubena, Yogesh A. Kulkarni, Andrzej Karol Kuropatnicki, Andreas Alois Kurth, Renan Lage, Laura Laguna, Marianne Landmann, Djordje Lazovic, Guillermo López-Lluch, Elaine Cristina Faria Abrahão Machado, Jessica D. Mackert, Gerrit Steffen Maier, Ewa Malczyk, Enzo Manzato, Kristina B. Martinez, Uwe Maus, Ruben Maya-Luevano, Michael K. McIntosh, W. Alex McIntosh, Małgorzata Muc-Wierzgoń, Melissa Navinskey, Manisha J. Oza, Kiran S. Panickar, Klaus Edgar Roth, Anwesha Sarkar, Jörn Bengt Seeger, Giuseppe Sergi, Kunal Singhal, Stijn Soenen, Adele Sparavigna, Melissa K. Stewart, Wai Yan Sun, Ewelina Szliszka, Nicola Veronese, Prabhakar Vissavajjhala, Yu Wang, Gertrud Winkler, A. Veronica Witte, Chit Wai Wong, Katrin Ziesemer, Ewa Ziółko, and Giovanni Zuliani
Published: 2017
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28. The Role of B Group Vitamins and Choline in Cognition and Brain Aging

Author: Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, and Francesco Bonetti
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Nervous system, Regulation of gene expression, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Homocysteine, Inflammation, Biology, medicine.disease, medicine.disease_cause, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 030104 developmental biology, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine.anatomical_structure, chemistry, medicine, Choline, medicine.symptom, Neuroscience, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Homeostasis, Oxidative stress
Abstract: Brain aging is a balance between homeostatic processes and harmful interactions with the environment. Each individual has a unique aging path. Healthy neurological aging requires maintenance of normal brain functioning and prevention of neuronal damage. Diet is a cornerstone of disease prevention and health promotion. B group vitamins (BGVs) and choline are micronutrients that share a key role in multiple metabolic pathways related to the nervous system’s structural and functional integrity. Almost all BGVs show clinically relevant neurological manifestations in case of insufficient dietary intake. BGVs and choline seem to have a role in optimizing brain energy metabolism, containing oxidative stress and inflammation, maintaining deoxyribonucleic acid stability and regulation of gene expression, modulating neurotransmission, and preventing vascular damage. A possible role in neurodegenerative disease prevention has been hypothesized. BGV deficiency-related disturbances in homocysteine metabolism result in hyperhomocysteinemia, a plausible contributor in many of these processes.
Published: 2017
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29. The relationship between hyperhomocysteinemia and neurodegeneration

Author: Gloria Brombo, Francesco Bonetti, and Giovanni Zuliani
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Hyperhomocysteinemia, Homocysteine, Biology, medicine.disease_cause, Bioinformatics, 03 medical and health sciences, chemistry.chemical_compound, 0302 clinical medicine, medicine, Dementia, Humans, Epigenetics, Cognitive decline, Pathological, Neurodegeneration, Neurodegenerative Diseases, medicine.disease, 030104 developmental biology, chemistry, Neurology (clinical), Neuroscience, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery, Oxidative stress, Biomarkers
Abstract: Homocysteine (Hcy) is a key junction in methionine metabolism. In inherited forms of hyperhomocysteinemia patients develop early vascular damage and cognitive decline. Hyperhomocysteinemia is a common consequence of dietary, behavioral and pathological conditions and is epidemiologically related to different diseases, among them neurodegenerative ones are receiving progressively more attention in the last years. Several detrimental mechanisms that see in Hcy a possible promoter seem to be implicated in neurodegeneration (protein structural and functional modifications, oxidative stress, cellular metabolic derangements, epigenetic modifications, pathological aggregates deposition, endothelial damage and atherothrombosis). Interventional studies exploring B group vitamins administration in terms of prevention of Hcy-related cognitive decline and cerebrovascular involvement have shown scant results. In this review, current and possible alternative/complementary approaches are discussed.
Published: 2016

30. Serum Soluble Tumor Necrosis Factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand Levels in Older Subjects with Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment

Author: Paola Secchiero, Erika Rimondi, Giorgio Zauli, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Veronica Tisato, Stefano Volpato, and Amedeo Zurlo
Subjects: 0301 basic medicine, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Cognitive Neuroscience, Statistics as Topic, Apoptosis, Vascular dementia, NO, Cohort Studies, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Alzheimer Disease, Internal medicine, Circulating TRAIL, mental disorders, medicine, Dementia, Humans, Cognitive Dysfunction, Cognitive impairment, Pathological, Aged, Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, Mild cognitive impairment, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Psychological Tests, business.industry, Dementia, Vascular, medicine.disease, Ligand (biochemistry), 030104 developmental biology, Endocrinology, Immunology, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Female, Alzheimer's disease, business, 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Abstract: Background: The tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) has been involved in both physiological and pathological conditions, including vascular pathologies and pathologies of the central nervous system. Nonetheless, the knowledge about the role of systemic TRAIL in patients affected by different types of dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is still limited. Objective: We assessed serum TRAIL levels in a large cohort of older individuals (n = 644) including patients with late-onset Alzheimer's disease (LOAD), vascular dementia (VAD), ‘mixed' dementia (MIX), MCI, and healthy controls. Methods: Circulating TRAIL was measured by ELISA. Results: At univariate analysis, TRAIL levels were higher in VAD, MIX, and MCI patients compared with LOAD patients and controls. Using the multiple linear regression model, we found that TRAIL levels were associated with VAD and MCI, but not MIX, independent of potential confounding factors. Conclusion: The finding of high levels of circulating TRAIL in VAD and MCI seems to suggest that both of these conditions are characterized by a significant vascular damage with respect to LOAD.
Published: 2016

31. The Predictive Value of the EWGSOP Definition of Sarcopenia: Results From the InCHIANTI Study

Author: Marcello Maggio, Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Bandinelli, Lara Bianchi, E. Savino, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Jack M. Guralnik, Antonio Cherubini, Francesco Landi, and Stefano Volpato
Subjects: Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Aging, Sarcopenia, Aging, Disability, Hospitalization, Mortality, Sarcopenia, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Logistic regression, NO, 03 medical and health sciences, Grip strength, Disability Evaluation, 0302 clinical medicine, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Predictive Value of Tests, Risk Factors, Activities of Daily Living, medicine, Prevalence, 80 and over, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Mortality, Geriatric Assessment, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Disability, Hand Strength, business.industry, Hazard ratio, Settore MED/09 - MEDICINA INTERNA, Muscle weakness, Odds ratio, medicine.disease, Confidence interval, Preferred walking speed, Hospitalization, Phenotype, Italy, Physical therapy, Female, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, business, human activities, Biomarkers, Algorithms, Research Article
Abstract: Background Sarcopenia is associated with increased risk of adverse outcomes in older people. Aim of the study was to explore the predictive value of the European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP) diagnostic algorithm in terms of disability, hospitalization, and mortality and analyze the specific role of grip strength and walking speed as diagnostic criteria for sarcopenia. Methods Longitudinal analysis of 538 participants enrolled in the InCHIANTI study. Sarcopenia was defined as having low muscle mass plus low grip strength or low gait speed (EWGSOP criteria). Muscle mass was assessed using bioimpedance analysis. Cox proportional and logistic regression models were used to assess risk of death, hospitalization, and disability for sarcopenic people and to investigate the individual contributions of grip strength and walking speed to the predictive value of the EWGSOP's algorithm. Results Prevalence of EWGSOP-defined sarcopenia at baseline was 10.2%. After adjusting for potential confounders, sarcopenia was associated with disability (odds ratio 3.15; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.41-7.05), hospitalization (hazard ratio [HR] 1.57; 95% CI 1.03-2.41), and mortality (HR 1.88; 95% CI 0.91-3.91). The association between an alternative sarcopenic phenotype, defined only by the presence of low muscle mass and low grip strength, and both disability and mortality were similar to the association with the phenotypes defined by low muscle mass and low walking speed or by the EWGSOP algorithm. Conclusions The EWGSOP's phenotype is a good predictor of incident disability, hospitalization and death. Assessment of only muscle weakness, in addition to low muscle mass, provided similar predictive value as compared to the original algorithm.
Published: 2016

32. Association of soluble Tumor necrosis factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL) with central adiposity and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Author: Stefano Volpato, Paola Secchiero, Cristina Bosi, Angelina Passaro, Giorgio Zauli, Giovanni Zuliani, and Gloria Brombo
Subjects: Male, Anatomy and Physiology, medicine.medical_treatment, Adipose tissue, TRAIL, Cardiovascular, Biochemistry, Body Mass Index, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand, chemistry.chemical_compound, Risk Factors, Homeostasis, Insulin, Longitudinal Studies, Lipoprotein, Multidisciplinary, Middle Aged, Prognosis, Adipose Tissue, Obesity, Abdominal, Body Composition, Regression Analysis, Carbohydrate Metabolism, Medicine, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, lipids (amino acids, peptides, and proteins), Female, Research Article, medicine.medical_specialty, Science, Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, Endocrine System, Insulin resistance, Internal medicine, medicine, Humans, Obesity, Biology, Glycemic, Aged, Nutrition, Inflammation, Endocrine Physiology, business.industry, Cholesterol, Immunity, Cholesterol, LDL, medicine.disease, Lipid Metabolism, Atherosclerosis, Endocrinology, Metabolism, chemistry, Gene Expression Regulation, Metabolic Disorders, Clinical Immunology, business, Body mass index, obesity
Abstract: ObjectiveTumor necrosis factor-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand (TRAIL), in addition to having a prognostic value in patients with cardiovascular disease, seems to interact with adiposity, insulin resistance and other cardiovascular risk factors. However, the results of previous clinical studies, focused on the association of TRAIL with selected metabolic or anthropometric indices were inconclusive. The aim of this study was to further investigate how soluble TRAIL concentrations independently correlate with major cardiovascular risk factors, including lipid, glycemic and anthropometric features.Materials/methodsWe examined the associations between serum soluble TRAIL concentrations, measured by ELISA, and lipid, glycemic and anthropometric features in 199 subjects recruited at our Metabolic Outpatient Clinic.ResultsSoluble TRAIL concentrations had a significant and direct correlation with total cholesterol (p = 0.046), LDL-cholesterol (p = 0.032), triglycerides (p = 0.01), body mass index (p = 0.046), waist circumference (p = 0.008), fat mass (p = 0.056) and insulin (p = 0.046) and an inverse correlation with HDL-cholesterol (p = 0.02). In multivariable regression analyses adjusted for potential confounders (age, gender, C-reactive protein, HDL-cholesterol, triglycerides, waist circumference, and insulin), TRAIL levels continued to have an independent correlation with LDL-cholesterol and waist circumference (r(2) = 0.04).ConclusionsSerum TRAIL levels were weakly but significantly and independently associated with waist circumference, a marker of visceral adiposity, and with LDL-cholesterol. Further studies are needed to clarify the biological basis of these relationships.
Published: 2012

33. O4.26: Sarcopenia and risk of adverse geriatric outcomes: results from the inCHIANTI study

Author: E. Savino, Marcello Maggio, Antonio Cherubini, Luigi Ferrucci, Stefania Bandinelli, Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Stefano Volpato, Francesco Landi, and Lara Bianchi
Subjects: Gerontology, business.industry, Sarcopenia, medicine, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.disease, business
Published: 2014
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34. The relationship of hemoglobin levels, cognitive status and delirium in hospitalized geriatric patients: Results from the CRIME study

Author: Giovanni Zuliani, Gloria Brombo, Andrea Corsonello, Graziano Onder, Antonio Cherubini, Stefano Volpato, Stefania Magon, Lara Bianchi, and E. Savino
Subjects: medicine.medical_specialty, Longitudinal study, business.industry, Hemoglobin levels, language.human_language, Orthostatic vital signs, Irish, medicine, language, Delirium, Cognitive status, Geriatrics and Gerontology, medicine.symptom, business, Psychiatry, Gerontology
Abstract: O 001 Orthostatic hypotension is associated with cognitive performance only in middle aged and older adults with supine hypertension J. Frewena,b,c,d, C. Finucanea,b,c,d, G.M. Savvaa,b,c,d, G. Boylea,b,c,d, R.A. Kennya,b,c,d a The Irish longitudinal study on ageing, Lincoln gate, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland b Department of Medical Physics and Bioengineering, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland c Mercer’s Institute for Research on Ageing, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland d Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland
Published: 2013
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35. Home antithrombotic therapy in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation: Prescription appropriateness and factors related,Terapia antitrombotica domiciliare nel paziente geriatrico con fibrillazione atriale: Appropriatezza prescrittiva e fattori correlati

Author: Gloria Brombo, Cavicchi, M., Savino, E., Bianchi, L., Zuliani, G., and Volpato, S.

36. The Relationship of Hemoglobin Levels, Delirium and Cognitive Status in Hospitalized Geriatric Patients: Results from the CRIME Study.

Author: Brombo G, Bianchi L, Savino E, Magon S, Cherubini A, Corsonello A, Zuliani G, Onder G, and Volpato S
Abstract: Objective: Delirium is a frequent clinical complication in geriatric patients admitted to the hospital, because of the simultaneous presence and synergistic effect of predisposing and precipitating factors. Also anaemia is a common concern in geriatric population. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between anaemia (precipitating factor) and delirium in a sample of Italian older hospitalized patients with different degree of cognitive impairment (predisposing factor)., Design, Setting, Participants: Cross-sectional analysis of 1069 participants enrolled in the CRIME study, with assessment of hemoglobin levels at hospital admission., Measurements: Delirium was assessed using DSM-IV criteria, whereas cognitive status was categorized as dementia, cognitive impairment or normal, according to clinical history, specific treatment and MMSE score. Anaemia was defined according to sex-specific WHO criteria. The association of hemoglobin levels and delirium was investigated with multivariable logistic regression models., Results: Mean age of study participants was 81.4±7.2 years, 52.2% had prevalent anaemia, 6.1% had delirium. According to cognitive status 20.8% had dementia and 40.9% had cognitive impairment. Overall there was no association between anaemia and delirium. However, among patients with cognitive impairment (MMSE <24, no dementia) anaemia was significantly associated with the likelihood of delirium (p<0.006). Multivariate logistic regression analysis, adjusted for potential confounders, showed in these patients a graded increased risk of delirium according to anaemia severity with an almost six-fold increased risk of delirium in moderate-severe anaemia (OR 5.95, 95% CI:1.15-30.73)., Conclusion: In older patients with cognitive impairment moderate-severe anaemia is independently associated with the likelihood of delirium. Further studies should investigate if anaemia correction would translate in delirium risk reduction., Competing Interests: G. Brombo, L. Bianchi, E. Savino, S. Magon, A. Cherubini, A. Corsonello, G. Zuliani, G. Onder, and S. Volpato declare no conflict of interest.
Published: 2015
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