ReviewLancet (London, England)2009
Ageing populations: the challenges ahead.
Review in Lancet (London, England), 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 1,347 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Sarcopenia and Sarcopenic Obesity in Complex Abdominal Wall Surgery: Postoperative Complications and Their Impact on Recurrence
Effect of Diverse Training Programs on Prevention of Sarcopenia in Postmenopausal Women
Evaluation of The Effectiveness Of Reading Rehabilitation Module On Reading Performance And Quality of Life In Patients With Glaucoma
Who cites it
1,347 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Optimal exercise type and dose to improve sleep quality in older adults: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Potential of ciprofol as an alternative to propofol in elderly patients undergoing gastrointestinal endoscopy: a meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Pooled it
- Association between Dynapenia and Multimorbidity in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Systematic Review.Annals of geriatric medicine and research · 2024Pooled it
- Potentially inappropriate prescribing (PIP) in older people and its association with socioeconomic deprivation-a systematic review and narrative synthesis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Tackling social disconnection: an umbrella review of RCT-based interventions targeting social isolation and loneliness.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a multidomain lifestyle counseling intervention on intrinsic capacity in older women: a randomized clinical trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Trial
- Trial
- Effectiveness of comprehensive geriatric assessment adapted to primary care when provided by a nurse or a general practitioner: the CEpiA cluster-randomised trial.BMC medicine · 2024Trial
- Intrinsic capacity and mortality in community-dwelling octogenarians: a network analysis from the ilSIRENTE study.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Cancer care: incidence, hospitalization and medical rehabilitation statistics for Germany from 2003 to 2016.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Patterns of Radiologic Service Utilization and Imaging Expenditure in Supercentenarians in Colombia.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2026Article
- Demographic changes and behavioural responses shape vulnerability to infectious disease outbreaks.PLoS computational biology · 2026Article
- Asynchrony of ageing among traits in a wild bird population.Evolution letters · 2026Article
- The Double-Deficient Older Inpatient: Vitamin D and Vitamin B12 Co-Deficiency Identifies the Greatest Cognitive and Affective Burden.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The vicious cycle of SASP and inflammaging promotes aging and age-related diseases.Communications biology · 2026Review
- [Walkability in older age: built environment factors and function-sensitive assessment in urban areas].Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz · 2026Review
- Domain-specific trends in healthy life expectancy among Chinese older adults: Compression, expansion, and dynamic equilibrium.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- Glaucoma burden in the Western Pacific Region from 1990 to 2023: country-level disparities, demographic drivers, and metabolic risk attribution.International ophthalmology · 2026Observational
- Neutrophil-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and prevalent cardiometabolic multimorbidity in older adults: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis.BMC endocrine disorders · 2026Article
1,287 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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Abstract
If the pace of increase in life expectancy in developed countries over the past two centuries continues through the 21st century, most babies born since 2000 in France, Germany, Italy, the UK, the USA, Canada, Japan, and other countries with long life expectancies will celebrate their 100th birthdays. Although trends differ between countries, populations of nearly all such countries are ageing as a result of low fertility, low immigration, and long lives. A key question is: are increases in life expectancy accompanied by a concurrent postponement of functional limitations and disability? The answer is still open, but research suggests that ageing processes are modifiable and that people are living longer without severe disability. This finding, together with technological and medical development and redistribution of work, will be important for our chances to meet the challenges of ageing populations.
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