Group A - The 1st International Congress on Longevity, Health and Aging (CoLONGY)

The 1^st International Congress on
Controversies in Longevity, Health and Aging (CoLONGY)
Barcelona, Spain, June 24-27, 2010

Group A

Poster Board 1

CAN REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES (ROS) COMPETE OR COOPERATE WITH PROOXIDATIVE/ANTIOXIDATIVE GENES IN AGING?
I. Afanas'ev
Vitamin Research Institute, Moscow, Russia

Poster Board 2

WAYFINDING BEHAVIOR FOR ELDERLY PERSONS RELATED FOR ARRIVAL TO THE TARGET PLACE IN MOTORWAY REST AREA
S. Ajisaka, T. Akagi
Kogakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Poster Board 3

THE CHARACTERISTICS OF VISUAL SEARCH FOR THE ELDERLY PERSONS IN THE MOTORWAY REST AREAS THAT THE FORM IS DIFFERENT
T. Akagi, S. Ajisaka, K. Adachi
Kogakuin University, Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan; Wakayama University, Wakayama City, Wakayama, Japan

Poster Board 4

BODY MASS INDEX, CENTRAL ADIPOSITY AND MIDLIFE COGNITIVE FUNCTION: EVIDENCE FROM A 38-YEAR FOLLOW-UP OF THE 1946 BRITISH BIRTH COHORT STUDY
E. Albanese , R. Hardy, D. Kuh, J. Guralnik, M. Richards
MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Aging & NIA/NIH, London, UK

Poster Board 5

FUNCTIONAL STATUS AS MORTALITY PREDICTOR IN HEART FAILURE IN ELDERLY PATIENT
M. Arelllano Perez, L.M. Perez Bazan, M. Pi-Figueras Valls, M.D. Sanchez Rodriguez, O. Sabartes Fortuny,
M.A. Marquez Lorente
Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Poster Board 6

THE EFFECT OF AGE AND ADIPOSITY ON THE DIFFERENCE OF FAT-FREE MASS MEASURED BY DXA AND AIR DISPLACEMENT PLETHYSMOGRAPHY (BODY DENSITY)
T.W. Auyeung, J.S.W. Lee, T. Kwok, M. Li, J. Woo
The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Pok Oi Hospital; The Chinese University of Hong Kong; School of Public Health, the Chinese University of Hong Kong

Poster Board 7

EFFECTS OF AEROBIC PHYSICAL EXERCISE ON A POPULATION OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
C. Ayan, J. Maria Cancela, S. Varela, V. Martin
University of Vigo, Pontevedra & University of Leon, Leon, Spain

Poster Board 8

AGE-RELATED SHIFTS IN THE ACTIVITY OF CENTRAL NEUROPEPTIDE SYSTEMS INVOLVED IN ENERGY BALANCE
M. Balasko, A.O. Szabad, A. Jech-Mihalffy, S. Soos, E. Petervari, M. Szekely
Department of Pathophysiology and Gerontology, Medical School, University of Pecs, Hungary

Poster Board 9

SIGNAL APOPTOTIC PATHWAYS IN HYPOTHALAMIC NEURONS IN AGING
E.D. Bazhanova
Sechenov Institute of Evolutionary Physiology and Biochemistry, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

Poster Board 10

UNDERNUTRITION DURING EITHER THE PRE- OR POST-WEANING PERIODS DOES NOT AFFECT LONGEVITY IN MICE
K.S. Bedi, G. Partadiredja
Bond University, Robina, Austrlia
Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Poster Board 11

INTERMITTENT FASTING RAMADAN MIMIC IMPROVES INSULIN SENSITIVITY IN DIET-INDUCED DIABETIC SAND RATS
L. Belkacemi, G Selselet-Attou, N. Bulur, K. Louchami, A. Sener, W.J. Malaisse
Laboratoire de Technologie Alimentaire et Nutrition, Universite de Mostaganem, Algeria
Laboratory of Experimental Hormonology, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

Poster Board 12

INTERACTION OF PARAOXONASE 1 WITH LIPID RAFT MICRO-DOMAINS FOR THE ENHANCEMENT OF CHOLESTEROL EFFLUX
H. Berrougui , O. Helal, T. Said, A. Khalil
University of Sultan Moulay Sliman, Faculty of Beni Mellal, Morocco
Research Centre on Aging, Geriatric service, Department of Medicine, University of Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke (Qc). Canada

Poster Board 13
REHABILITATION OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS IN INVOLUTIVE AGE
O.B. Bundaleska, L.B. Neloska, A. Mitevska, M. Bojadzgievski, N.M. Matevski
Gerontology Institute "13 November", Skopje, FYR of Macedonia

Poster Board 14
SPOUSAL CAREGIVER STRAIN AT THE END OF LIFE: EFFECT OF SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION
S. Bushfield , T.R. Fitzpatrick
Council on Social Work Education, Alexandria, VA USA
McGill University and Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Poster Board 15
PREVALENCE OF OCCULT RENAL FAILURE AND VASCULAR RISK FACTORS ON ELDERLY POPULATION WITH STROKE
F. Chavez Dianderas , S. Solsona Fernandez, T. Morlanes Navarro, E. Garcia-Arilla Calvo
Geriatric Unit Nuestra Senora de Garcia Hospital, Hospital Real Neustra Senora de Garcia, Zaragoza, Spain

Poster Board 16
RELATIONSHIP BEWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY WITH THE COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEPRESSION IN OLDER ADULTS MEXICAN
E. Correa-Munoz, L. Soriano-Martell, R. Retana-Ugalde, V.-M. Mendoza-Nunez
Unidad de Investigacion en Gerontologia, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico D.F., Mexico

Poster Board 17
CANCER AND HUMAN EVOLUTION: A NEW HYPOTHESIS
A.G. Diaconeasa, L. Spiru, I. Turcu
Ana Aslan International Academy of Aging, Bucharest, Romania

Poster Board 18
MOBILIZATIONS OF UPPER LIMB IN CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT PATIENT
M. Dona, S. Mateo, L. Patino, T. Jerez, M.A. Alcala, J. Tinoco
Consorci Sanitari Integral, Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

Poster Board 19
CIRCADIAN BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY IN ADULT AND ELDERLY HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS
V. Donca, N. Constantea, D. Radulescu, S. Crisan, E. Buzdugan, D. Bunea, C. Bodolea, L. Stoicescu, A. Macarie,
L. Pasca, S. Donca
University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Iuliu Hatieganu"; Municipal Clinic Hospital, Geriatric Department, Cluj Napoca, Romania

Poster Board 20
REVASCULARIZATION VERSUS MEDICAL THERAPY FOR RENAL-ARTERY STENOSIS
O. Dulberg, M. Lishner
Department of Internal Medicine A, Meir Medical Center, Kfar Saba, Israel

Poster Board 21

CALPASTATIN IS UPREGULATED IN MYCOPLASMA HYORHINIS-INFECTED SH-SY5Y NEUROBLASTOMA CELLS: INHIBITION OF CALPAIN ACTIVITY AND ATTENUATION OF AMYLOID-Beta-TOXICITY
E. Elkind, H. Rechnitzer, T. Vaisid, J.D. Kornspan, S. Barnoy, S. Rottem, N.S. Kosower
Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel Aviv; The Hebrew University-Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel

Poster Board 22
ABDOMINAL SURGERY: SURGICAL TREATMENT IN THE ELDERLY IN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GETULIO VARGAS
J. Faber, D. Magalhaes Oliveira, M. Abecassis Faber
Hospital Universitario Getulio Vargas, Manaus; Hospital Beneficente Portugues do Amazonas, Manaus & Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil

Poster Board 23
HOUSEHOLD ACTIVITIES AND HEALTH AMONG LATINO ELDERS WITH CANCER
T.R. Fitzpatrick, S.Y. Bushfield
McGill University Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada
Council of Social Work Education, Alexandria, VA, USA

Poster Board 24
DIETARY PROTEIN INTAKE IS ASSOCIATED WITH SARCOPENIA AND BONE MASS IN ELDERLY WOMEN
P.S. Genaro, M.M. Pinheiro, V.L Szjenfeld, C.A. Machado, L.A. Martini
University of Sao Paulo & Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil

Poster Board 25
DETECTING AND PREVENTING FINANCIAL ABUSE OF OLDER ADULTS: AN EXAMINATION OF DECISION-MAKING BY HEALTH, SOCIAL CARE AND BANKING PROFESSIONALS
M. Gilhooly, D. Cairns, M. Davies, E. Notley, P. Harries, K. Gilhooly, D. Stanley, C. Hennessy, A. Gilbert, B. Penhale
Brunel University, Uxbridge; University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield; Northumbria University, Newcastle & University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK

Poster Board 26
TECHNOLOGIES, TOOLS AND THEORIES FOR TACKLING AGEING INCONTINENCE
M. Gilhooly , E. van den Heuvel, F. Jowitt, I. Sutherland, N. Ratcliff, A. Long , P. Gaydecki, J.-A. Bichard, S. Parker, J. Harland
Brunel University, Uxbridge; University of the West of England; Bristol Urological Institute, Bristol; University of Manchester, Manchester; Royal College of Art, London; University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Poster Board 27
THE INTERGENERATIONAL STUDY: BECAUSE RELATIONSHIPS WITH GRANDPARENTS MAY HELP TO CHALLENGE AGEISM
L. Gimenez-Llort, P. Ramirez-Boix
Department of Psychiatry and Forensic Medicine, Institute of Neuroscience, Universitat Autעnoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Poster Board 28
RELATION BETWEEN SUBJECTIBE HEALTH STATUS AND DAILY BATHING BEHAVIOR OF JAPANESE ADULT
Y. Goto
Japan Health & Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Poster Board 29
THE ROLE OF WEIGHT HISTORY IN PREVALENT AND INCIDENT FUNCTIONAL LIMITATIONS OF MEN AND WOMEN AGED 55-65 YEARS
N. Heim , M.B. Snijder, M.W. Heymans, D.J.H. Deeg, J.C. Seidell, M. Visser
Department of Health Sciences and EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences, VU University Amsterdam; Department of Public Health, Academic Medical Center/ University of Amsterdam; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Poster Board 30
ENDOCRINE CONFIRMATION OF LATE MENOPAUSE IN CHIMPANZEES
J. Herndon , J. Paredes, L. Chennareddi, M. Wilson
Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

Poster Board 31
ACUTE CARE FOR THE ELDERLY (ACE) UNIT: AN EFFECTIVE MODEL TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF GERIATRIC CARE IN ACUTE HOSPITAL
W.S. Ho, M.Y. Lau, T. Kwok, J. Woo
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, Hong Kong

Poster Board 32
BRAIN TRAINING FOR HEALTHY ELDERS: DOES IT WORK?
L.C. Hohaus , A. Weekes
Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, Australia

Poster Board 33
FREQUENCY OF DEMENTIA, MORBIDITY AND RISK HABITS IN AN ELDERLY POPULATION IN MEXICO
T. Juarez-Cedillo, C. Garcia-Pena, O. Rosas-Carrasco, R. Sanchez-Arenas, S. Sanchez-Garcia
Unidad de Investigacion Epidemiologica y en Servicios de Salud del Area de Envejecimiento, Centro Medico Nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Ciudad de Mexico; Instituto de Geriatria, Institutos Nacionales de Salud, Ciudad de Mexico; Unidad de Investigacion en Enfermedades Neurologicas, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Medico nacional Siglo XXI, IMSS, Ciudad de Mexico, Mexico

Poster Board 34
OLDER PEOPLE AND COMPUTER USE – AN EU-PROJECT FOCUSING ICT COMPETENCE IN OLD AGE
O.C. Kada, H. Penz, E.K.T. Brunner
Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Feldkirchen, Austria

Poster Board 35
PRO-APOPTOTIC FACTOR BAX IS INCREASED IN RATS WITH EXPERIMENTAL CEREBRAL DIABETES
Z. Kundurovic, S. Hasanagic, N. Bilalovic, F. Gavrankapetanovic
University of Sarajevo Faculty of Medicine, Department of Histology, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina;
University of Sarajevo Clinical Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Poster Board 36
PHYSIOLOGICAL LIMITATIONS OF THE LEFT VENTRICLE WALL STRUCTURE & AGEING: A POSSIBLE ROLE FOR THEBESIAN VEINS
S. Maric, S. Kurbel, M. Gros
Health Care Center "Sunce", & Osijek Medical Faculty, Osijek, Croatia

Poster Board 37

LIPID DISTURBANCES AND LIPOPEROXID ACTIVITY IN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT AGE GROUPS WITH CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE
T. Kvantaliani, M. Akhvlediani
Tsinamdzgvrishvili Institute of Cardiology, Tbilisi & Research Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tbilisi, Georgia

Poster Board 38
A STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF DEPRESSION ON ATTEMPTED SUICIDE AND THE MODERATING EFFECTS OF LEISURE PARTICIPATION AMONG THE ELDERLY WHO LIVES ALONE
E.J. Lee, S.K. Bae, T.Y. Um
Department of Social Welfare, Daejin University; Mokwon University, Seoul, Korea
Lecturer, Dept. of Social Welfare, Mokwon Universit

Poster Board 39

DEPRESSION, SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND HEALTH IN LATER LIFE: USING STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING APPROACH
C.-H. Liu , C.-P. Lucia Li
School of Occupation Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University; Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management, Taipei, Taiwan

Poster Board 40
EXPLORING QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG OLDER PEOPLE: A STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING ANALYSIS
C.-H. Liu, C.-P. Lucia Li
School of Occupation Therapy, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University; Department of Nursing, Cardinal Tien College of Healthcare and Management, Taipei, Taiwan

Poster Board 41
INDICATORS OF HEALTH AND MOTOR FUNCTIONAL AUTONOMY OF ELDERLY FROM MANAUS - AMAZON
D. Magalhaes Oliveira, J. Faber, M. Abecassis Faber, N. Abecassis, K. Biaphy
Hospital Beneficente Portugus do Amazonas; Hospital Universitrio Getelio Vargas; Universidade do Estado do Amazonas; Centro Universitario Nilton Lins & Universidade do Estado do Amazonas, Manaus, Brazil

Poster Board 42
PREDICTOR VARIABLES OF MORTALITY IN THE COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA IN THE ELDERLY
M.A. Marquez Lorente , A. Calle Egusquiza, M.D. Sanchez Rodriguez, M. Pi-Figueras Valls, O. Sabartes Fortuny, M. Arelllano Perez
Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain

Poster Board 43
ASCENDING MOTOR NEUROPATHY AS A PARANEOPLASTIC MANIFESTATION OF CARCINOMA BREAST
S. Mavinamane, K. Krishnan, A. Ibrahim, J. Hindle
Llandudno General Hospital, Llandudno; Glan Clwyd Hospital, Rhyl, UK

Poster Board 44
CENTURY: GETTING AND BEING THERE
S. Mavinamane, S. Abraham
Wrexham Maelor Hospital, Wrexham, Rhyl, UK

Poster Board 45
VALIDATION AND STANDARIZATION OF A MULTIMEDIA PROGRAM RELATED TO THE PHYSICAL FUNCIONALITY MEASURMENT FOR THE TEACHING OF GERONTOLOGY
M. Martinez-Maldonado, R. Escalante-Pliego, R. Prieto-Ramos, V.-M. Mendoza-Nunez
Unidad de Investigacion en Gerontologia, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico D.F., Mexico

Poster Board 46

TAI CHI IMPROVES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN MEXICAN OLDER ADULTS
V.-M. Mendoza-Nunez, J. Rosado-Perez, E. Santiago-Osorio, R. Ortiz
Unidad de Investigacion en Gerontologia, Facultad de Estudios Superiores Zaragoza, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM); Laboratorio de Biologia Celular y Molecular del Cancer, UIDCC, FES-Zaragoza; Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico D.F., Mexico

Poster Board 47

LOW FREE TESTOSTERONE PREDICTS FRAILTY IN OLDER MEN. THE HEALTH IN MEN STUDY
K.A. McCaul, Z. Hyde, L. Flicker, O.P. Almeida, G.J. Hankey, S.A.P. Chubb, B.B. Yeap
Western Australian Centre for Health and Ageing, Centre for Medical Research, Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, Perth; School of Medicine and Pharmacology & School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley; Department of Psychiatry & Stroke Unit, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth; PathWest, Department of Biochemistry & Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, Australia

Poster Board 48

A UK END-OF-LIFE CARE INITIATIVE FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA
R.J. McClelland, S Ashton, B. Roe, D. Mazhindu, R.J. Gandy, S. Gomm, K. Wrigley, E. Horgan, J. Hughes,
S. McAinsh, C. Mullen
Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool; Edge Hill University, Ormskirk; Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Salford; Greater Manchester Cancer Network & PSSR Manchester University, Manchester, UK

Poster Board 49
DELAYING AGING FOR MEN
M. Zandi, T. Dadkhah Tehrani, E. Jafarbegloo, G. Bordbar
Qom University of Medical Sciences; Tarbiat modares University; Fatima Counseling Clinic related to Behzisti Organization, Tehran, Iran

Poster Board 50
EPIDEMIOLOGY OF LIVER DISEASE AND ITS RISK FACTORS WITHIN SENIORS OF TEHRAN CITY/IRAN
M. Zandi, T. Dadkhah Tehrani, S.M. Alavian
Qom University of Medical Sciences; Tarbiat modares University; Baqiatollah University, Tehran, Iran

Poster Board 51
IMPROVING QUALITY OF LIFE IN ELDERLY
M. Zandi, T. Dadkhah Tehrani, E. Jafarbegloo, G. Bordbar
Qom University of Medical Sciences; Tarbiat modares University & Fatima Counseling Clinic related to Behzisti Organization, Tehran, Iran

Poster Board 52

GENDER OF A CHILD AS AN EFFECTIVE FACTOR ON THE MENTAL HEALTH OF OLD PARENTS

K. Sharifi, Z. Sooky, Z. Tagharrobi
Maternal and Child Health Department & Psychiatric Nursing Department, Nursing and midwifery faculty, Kashan University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Kashan, Iran

Poster Board 53

THE ASSESSMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH OF ELDERLY PEOPLE AND PREVIOUS RESIDENCE OF SPOUSES IN THE NURSING HOME
K. Sharifi, Z. Sooky, T. Tagharrobi
Maternal and Child Health Department & Psychiatric Nursing Department, Nursing and midwifery faculty, Kashan University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Kashan, Iran

Poster Board 54

MENTAL HEALTH OF THE ELDERLY AND THEIR WISHES
Z. Sooky, K. Sharifi, Z. Tagharrobi
Maternal and Child Health Department & Psychiatric Nursing Department, Nursing and midwifery faculty, Kashan University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Kashan, Iran

Poster Board 55

THE ROLE OF RELIGIOUS TRENDS IN SATISFACTION FROM THE NURSING HOME
Z. Sooky, K. Sharifi, Z. Tagharrobi
Maternal and Child Health Department & Psychiatric Nursing Department, Nursing and midwifery faculty, Kashan University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Kashan, Iran