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S Punsar

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Changes in alcohol consumption during a ten-year follow-up among Finnish men aged 55-74 years.

Drinking patterns, changes in alcohol consumption from 1974 to 1984 and socioeconomic, social, health and health-related variables associated with changes were studied in a male cohort born 1900-1919 and living either in eastern or in southwestern Finland. The average alcohol consumption and drinking pattern did not change to any significant extent among these Finnish men with increasing age, though some individual changes happened. Most aging or aged Finnish men did not react to social stressors or worsening of health by changing alcohol consumption.

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IgG-rheumatoid factor in a population of elderly males: relationship to IgM-rheumatoid factor and rheumatoid arthritis.

The occurrence of IgG-rheumatoid factor (RF) reacting with rabbit IgG was studied in the sera of 1,105 elderly males from rural areas of Finland. Elevated levels of IgG-RF were found in 12 sera, 11 of which contained also IgM-RF, as measured by conventional agglutination tests and/or by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Subjects with rheumatoid arthritis and those with "false" positive RF reactions did not differ from each other with respect to the occurrence of IgG-RF.

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