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  1. www.healthline.com › health › anemia-in-elderlyAnemia In the Elderly: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment

    Feb 20, 2023 · Anemia often leads to weakness and fatigue. When older adults have these symptoms, it can contribute to an overall health decline. People with anemia might become less physically active. This can ...

  2. ashpublications.org › blood › articleAnemia at older age: etiologies, clinical implications, and ...

    Feb 1, 2018 · Anemia is most frequent at older age, reaching a prevalence of ∼17% in the cohort of older persons >65 years of age. 1 Improved diagnostics and demographic changes in our societies have resulted in an increase in the incidence and prevalence of anemia in past decades. In fact, many underlying disorders, such as myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), other blood cell disorders, cancer, chronic ...

    • Reinhard Stauder, Peter Valent, Igor Theurl
    • 2018

  3. ashpublications.org › blood › articleHow I treat anemia in older adults | Blood | American Society ...

    Jan 18, 2024 · Anemia is common in older adults and increases with advancing age. 1, 2 In the United States, up to 17% of individuals aged >65 years experience anemia. 3 The World Health Organization (WHO) defines anemia as a hemoglobin level of <12.0 g/dL for women and of <13.0 g/dL for men. 4 This WHO definition of anemia is a population-based threshold, which may not fully capture clinically relevant ...

  4. www.mayoclinicproceedings.org › article › S0025-6196Anemia in the Elderly: How Should We Define It, When Does It ...

    Anemia is extremely frequent in elderly persons, defined in this article as those aged 65 years and older, and is growing in importance as a public health issue and a biomedical research priority. 1–3 In response to reports describing a heavy health burden from anemia in the elderly, the American Society of Hematology and the National Institute of Aging organized joint symposia in 2004 and ...

    • David P. Steensma, Ayalew Tefferi
    • 2007

  5. agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com › doi › fullUnexplained anemia of aging: Etiology, health consequences ...

    Nov 19, 2021 · UNEXPLAINED ANEMIA IS PREVALENT IN AGING POPULATIONS. Anemia, defined by the World Health Organization criteria as circulating hemoglobin (Hb) <12 g/dl in women and <13 g/dl in men, is common among individuals over the age of 60. 1-3 The prevalence of anemia increases with age and is particularly common among the oldest and most frail: in a retrospective study of more than 19,000 hospital ...

    • 15
    • 70, Issue3
    • 19 November 2021

  6. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › pmc › articlesAnemia in the Elderly: not Always what it Seems - PMC

    Feb 25, 2016 · Anemia in the elderly is a very common condition that contributes to morbidity and mortality and significantly impairs quality of life. In the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) study the incidence of anemia in men and women older than 65 was 11% and 10.2%, respectively, 1 thus representing a problem almost ...

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  8. www.aafp.org › pubs › afpAnemia in Older Adults | AAFP

    Oct 1, 2018 · The overall prevalence of anemia is 17% in older adults (7% to 11% of community-dwelling older adults, 47% of those in nursing homes, and 40% in hospitalized patients). 3, 4 Most of these patients ...