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    Health Maintenance Guidelines
    Ages 75 & Over

    Check Up


    Check blood pressure, weight and height to calculate body mass index (BMI) and health risks.

    Screening Tests

    • Diabetes: All non-Caucasians; All Caucasians with sustained blood pressure greater than 135/80, or BMI greater than or equal to 25, or history of gestational diabetes, or family history of diabetes.
    • Colorectal Cancer (Options): Until age 75; Colonoscopy every 10 years; Fecal Occult Blood Testing every 3 years with sigmoidoscopy every 5 years; or Annual Fecal Occult Blood testing.
    • Assessment of Risk for TB: To determine risk factors

    Immunizations

    • Influenza: Yearly
    • Tdap/Td: Tdap required once in a lifetime. Then, Td is required every 10 years.

    Men’s Health

    • Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA): Current evidence does not recommend routine PSA screening for average risk men.

    Women’s Health

    • Mammogram: Every 2 years; optional after age 74


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    Health Maintenance Guidelines (.pdf, print brochure version)
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    Body Mass Index (BMI) is your weight in relation to your height.
    How to calculate your BMI:

    > Underweight: Below 18.5
    > Normal: 18.6 - 24.9
    > Overweight: 25.0 - 29.9
    > Obesity: 30.0 and Above

    BMI = (Weight (pounds) divided by Height (inches)2) x 703

    Weight Management Information & Calculator (MyLifeStages.org, opens to new window)

    These guidelines may vary for patients on chronic medications or for patients with personal or family health risks.

    Last reviewed: January 2013
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