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List of works by Bert Vaes

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Muscle Strength and Physical Performance as Predictors of Mortality, Hospitalization, and Disability in the Oldest Old

scientific article published on 06 May 2014

Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

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The prevalence of sarcopenia in very old individuals according to the European consensus definition: insights from the BELFRAIL study.

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Associations Between Cytomegalovirus Infection and Functional Impairment and Frailty in the BELFRAIL Cohort

scientific article published on November 7, 2011

The relationship between grip strength and muscle mass (MM), inflammatory biomarkers and physical performance in community-dwelling very old persons.

scientific article published on 4 July 2013

No relation between vitamin D status and physical performance in the oldest old: results from the Belfrail study.

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

The relationship of multimorbidity with disability and frailty in the oldest patients: a cross-sectional analysis of three measures of multimorbidity in the BELFRAIL cohort.

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Clinical relevance of a raised plasma N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide level in a population-based cohort of nonagenarians.

scientific article published in May 2009

Too many, too few, or too unsafe? Impact of inappropriate prescribing on mortality, and hospitalization in a cohort of community-dwelling oldest old

scientific article published on 18 July 2016

Polypharmacy in a Belgian cohort of community-dwelling oldest old (80+).

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The impact of a nurse-led care programme on events and physical and psychosocial parameters in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: A randomized clinical trial in primary care in Russia

scientific article published on December 1, 2010

Detection of potentially inappropriate prescribing in the very old: cross-sectional analysis of the data from the BELFRAIL observational cohort study

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The glomerular filtration rate estimated by new and old equations as a predictor of important outcomes in elderly patients

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The diagnostic accuracy of the MyDiagnostick to detect atrial fibrillation in primary care

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Significance of serum immune markers in identification of global functional impairment in the oldest old: cross-sectional results from the BELFRAIL study.

scientific article published on 03 July 2013

Multimorbidity measures were poor predictors of adverse events in patients aged ≥80 years: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 19 December 2014

Interleukin-6 predicts short-term global functional decline in the oldest old: results from the BELFRAIL study.

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The accuracy of plasma natriuretic peptide levels for diagnosis of cardiac dysfunction and chronic heart failure in community-dwelling elderly: a systematic review.

scientific article published on 27 August 2009

No relation between CMV infection and mortality in the oldest old: results from the Belfrail study.

scientific article published on 15 July 2014

The correlation between blood pressure and kidney function decline in older people: a registry-based cohort study.

scientific article published on 30 June 2015

Improving care for heart failure patients in primary care, GPs' perceptions: a qualitative evidence synthesis.

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Mortality, hospitalisation, institutionalisation in community-dwelling oldest old: The impact of medication

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A High Sense of Coherence as Protection Against Adverse Health Outcomes in Patients Aged 80 Years and Older.

scientific article published on July 2016

Clinical Validation of Heart Rate Apps: Mixed-Methods Evaluation Study.

scientific article published on 25 August 2017

CD4:8 ratio >5 is associated with a dominant naive T-cell phenotype and impaired physical functioning in CMV-seropositive very elderly people: results from the BELFRAIL study.

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Predictors of poor-quality spirometry in two cohorts of older adults in Russia and Belgium: a cross-sectional study.

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Association between atrial fibrillation, anticoagulation, risk of cerebrovascular events and multimorbidity in general practice: a registry-based study

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Interleukin-6 as a first-rated serum inflammatory marker to predict mortality and hospitalization in the oldest old: A regression and CART approach in the BELFRAIL study

scientific article published on 4 June 2015

CD4:8 Ratio Above 5 Is Associated With All-Cause Mortality in CMV-Seronegative Very Old Women: Results From the BELFRAIL Study.

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Estimating GFR in the oldest old: does it matter what equation we use?

scientific article published on March 31, 2011

Prevalence and Prognostic Impact of Valve Area-Gradient Patterns in Patients ≥80 Years With Moderate-to-Severe Aortic Stenosis (from the Prospective BELFRAIL Study).

scientific article published on 26 June 2015

Methods to identify heart failure patients in general practice and their impact on patient characteristics: A systematic review

scientific article published on 30 January 2018

Short-term prognostic value of forced expiratory volume in 1 second divided by height cubed in a prospective cohort of people 80 years and older

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Association between traditional cardiovascular risk factors and mortality in the oldest old: untangling the role of frailty

scientific article published on 12 October 2017

The impact of confounders on the test performance of natriuretic peptides for cardiac dysfunction in subjects aged 80 and older.

scientific article published on 7 September 2012

The prevalence and detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD)-related metabolic complications as a function of estimated glomerular filtration rate in the oldest old.

scientific article published on 20 January 2012

Anticholinergic Exposure in a Cohort of Adults Aged 80 years and Over: Associations of the MARANTE Scale with Mortality and Hospitalization

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

The Relation Between Thyroid Function and Anemia: A Pooled Analysis of Individual Participant Data

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The influence of renal function on vitamin D metabolism in the very elderly

scientific article published on February 1, 2013

Airflow limitation by the Global Lungs Initiative equations in a cohort of very old adults

scientific article published on 16 April 2015

The clinical impact of valvular heart disease in a population-based cohort of subjects aged 80 and older

scientific article published on 12 January 2016

General practitioners' judgement of chronic heart failure in the oldest old: Insights from the BELFRAIL study

scientific article published on 5 May 2015

Low thyroid function is not associated with an accelerated deterioration in renal function.

scientific article published on 18 April 2018

Burden of heart failure in Flemish general practices: a registry-based study in the Intego database

scientific article published on 07 January 2019

Drug prescriptions unadapted to the renal function in patients aged 80 years and older

scientific article published on November 28, 2013

Correlates of dyspnoea and its association with adverse outcomes in a cohort of adults aged 80 and over.

scientific article published on 14 June 2017

Interventions for frail community-dwelling older adults have no significant effect on adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 20 October 2018

Mobile Phone-Based Use of the Photoplethysmography Technique to Detect Atrial Fibrillation in Primary Care: Diagnostic Accuracy Study of the FibriCheck App

scientific article published on 27 March 2019

Trends in multimorbidity and polypharmacy in the Flemish-Belgian population between 2000 and 2015

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Think-aloud study about the diagnosis of chronic heart failure in Belgian general practice

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