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Medical Forum / General / Cardiology / March 2006Can you push Furniture about? Ability to function..Different
http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8FP7D280.html Found this today. Seems BMI and Lipid profiles not the standard we think of here. Does anyone know how to get this test? Below edited for copyright stuff. Bill ..................... Test Helps You Predict Chances of Dying - - - - - - - - - - - - By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer February 14,2006 | CHICAGO -- It sounds like a perfect parlor game for baby boomers suddenly confronting their own mortality: What are your chances of dying within four years? Researchers have come up with 12 risk factors to try to answer that for people who are 50 and older. This is one game where you want a low score. Zero to 5 points says your risk of dying in four years is less than 4 percent. With 14 points, your risk rises to 64 percent. Just being male gives you 2 points. So does having diabetes, being a smoker, and getting pooped trying to walk several blocks. Points accrue with each four-year increment after age 60. The test doesn't ask what you eat, but it does ask if you can push a living room chair across the floor. The quiz is designed "to try to help doctors and families get a firmer sense for what the future may hold," to help plan health care accordingly, says lead author Dr. Sei Lee, a geriatrics researcher at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center, who helped develop it. Snip The test is based on data involving 11,701 Americans over 50 who took part in a national health survey in 1998. Funded by a grant from the National Institute on Aging, the researchers analyzed participants' outcomes during a four-year follow-up. They based their death-risk survey on the health characteristics that seemed to predict death within four years. Their report appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Dr. Donald Jurivich, geriatrics chief at the University of Illinois at Chicago, took the test and got a nice low score. Jurivich is 52. He said he'd feel better about his score if both his parents hadn't died prematurely. He praised the survey for measuring people's ability to function -- such as being able to move a piece of furniture or keep track of expenses -- signs that can be more telling than other health factors.  SignatureLocated In S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade Here is the test: http://www.thewmurchannel.com/health/7075441/detail.html Here is the test: http://www.thewmurchannel.com/health/7075778/detail.html > Here is the test: > > http://www.thewmurchannel.com/health/7075778/detail.html .................................... Here is the test. Bill ......... Loading ³TheWMURChannel.com - Print This Story - When Will You Die? Take The Test² 02/15/2006 04:49 PM http://www.thewmurchannel.com/print/7075778/detail.html Page 1 of 2 TheWMURChannel.com When Will You Die? Take The Test Will You Be Alive Four Years From Now? NEW TEST Designed to gauge four-year longevity. 12-question survey for people over 50. No lab tests, not even blood pressure. Includes questions on daily functioning. CAVEATS About 81 percent accurate, but not foolproof. Probably shouldn't be taken at home, but with doctor. Does not take into account family history. Less meaningful for those at younger end of spectrum. HOW IT WORKS The more points, greater the risk of dying within four years. Just being male is two points. One point for every four-year period past age 60. No points for overweight, but one for underweight. Smoking, diabetes, inactivity add points. Zero to five points: less than four percent risk of dying. 14 points or more: 64 percent risk of dying. BACKGROUND Based on over 11,000 U.S. adults since 1998. Appears in tomorrow's Journal of the American Medical Association. THE TEST 1. Age: 60-64 years old 1 point; 65-69 2 points; 70-74 3 points; 75-79 4 points; 80-84 5 points; 85 and older 7 points. 2. Male: 2 points. 3. Body-Mass Index: Less than 25 1 point. (Calculate by multiplying height in inches times height in inches; then divide weight in pounds by that total; then multiply the total by 703.) 4. Diabetes: 2 points. 5. Cancer (excluding minor skin cancers): 2 points. 6. Chronic lung disease that limits activities or requires oxygen use at home: 2 points. 7. Congestive heart failure: 2 points. 8. Cigarette smoking in the past week: 2 points. 9. Difficulty bathing/showering because of health or memory problem: 2 points. 10. Difficulty managing money, paying bills, keeping track of expenses because of health or memory problem: 2 points. 11. Difficulty walking several blocks because of health problem: 2 points. 12. Difficulty pushing or pulling large objects like a living room chair because of health problem: 1 point. Score: 0 to 5 points less than 4 percent risk of dying 6-9 points 15 percent risk 10-13 points 42 percent risk 14 or more points 64 percent risk. Note: Researchers say the 1-point penalty for having a body-mass index under 25 (normal weight or less) is based on findings that being underweight is a health risk for elderly people. SignatureLocated In S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and is strictly for the educational and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit. Vision Problems? Look at http://www.ocutech.com/ ~us$1500 > Here is the test: > > http://www.thewmurchannel.com/health/7075441/detail.html Thank You! This CABG guy is looking good test wise , perhaps a sex change is in order ;)) Bill SignatureLocated In S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade Here is the test: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11354108/ > http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8FP7D280.html > > Found this today. Seems BMI and Lipid profiles not the standard we > think of here. I suspect the BMI part is a typo - they're saying that BMI <25 is a risk factor? And not assigning risk factors to BMI>25 or 30??? GG > Does anyone know how to get this test? > [quoted text clipped - 41 lines] > as being able to move a piece of furniture or keep track of expenses -- > signs that can be more telling than other health factors. >> http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8FP7D280.html >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I suspect the BMI part is a typo - they're saying that BMI <25 is a risk > factor? And not assigning risk factors to BMI>25 or 30??? Because the researchers found that BMI<25 was an INDEPENDENT risk factor for impending death. The end stage endomorphs will register on the other test questions. SignatureChuck Forsberg caf@omen.com www.omen.com 503-614-0430 Developer of Industrial ZMODEM(Tm) for Embedded Applications Omen Technology Inc "The High Reliability Software" 10255 NW Old Cornelius Pass Portland OR 97231 FAX 629-0665 > >> http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8FP7D280.html > >> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > for impending death. The end stage endomorphs will register on the > other test questions. Any chance you can elaborate? Starting with what are endomorphs?? Many Thanks! Interesting stuff for as mortals. Bill SignatureLocated In S Jersey USA Zone 5 Shade This article is posted under fair use rules in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, and is strictly for the educational and informative purposes. This material is distributed without profit. Vision Problems? Look at http://www.ocutech.com/ ~us$1500 |
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