Magnitudes of neurological disorders in a farming town in Kyushu, Japan: frequency of neurological symptoms and signs.
We examined 1,270 elderly residents aged 60 years and over in a cross-sectional study of a standardized clinical examination to determine the frequency of 'abnormal' neurological findings in 27 randomly selected communities in the town of Mifune, Japan. The survey showed one or more neurological symptoms in 89.1%, and one or more signs in 94.4% of the examined elderly. Most of the symptoms and signs increased with age, especially after 70 years, indicating the importance of neurological afflictions in the community health of the elderly.
Kumamoto
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First Department of Internal Medicine, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ueyama
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Watanabe
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Nakashima
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Nakamura
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Futatsuka
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Ando
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D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors