CTF Quick Tables: elderly men - C recommendations

Elderly Men (> 65 years) Quick Table: "Insufficient"

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Please note: In 2003, the CTF updated its Grades of Recommendations to include an "I Recommendation" for situations where insufficient evidence exists to allow a recommendation to be made. (Formerly, these situations were captured under a "C Recommendation".) This change is not retroactive, and all "C Recommendations" made prior to 2003 have not been reevaluated in light of the new "I" recommendation grade. For a discussion of these recommendation grades, please link to the 2003 article in the Canadian Medical Association Journal here.

Quick Table of I Recommendations Specific to Elderly Men (>65 years)

Condition	Maneuver	Population
"I" Recommendations
Cardiovascular disease	Vitamin E	Male smokers
Falls prevention in long-term care facilities	Structured multidisciplinary programs	High-Risk Elderly
Falls prevention in long-term care facilities	Interventions (e.g., physiotherapy or exercise programs) to reduce specific risk factors	Elderly

Quick Table of I Recommendations from General Population Recommendations Relevant to Elderly Men (>65 years)

Condition	Maneuver	Population
"I" Recommendations
Cancers (esophageal, stomach, colorectal, urological, prostate)	Vitamin E	General population
Cardiovascular disease	Vitamin E	General population
Lung Cancer	Spiral CT scanning	General population

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