Objectives: a) To document the prevalence and correlates of frailty among older adults living
with HIV (OALWH) and their uninfected peers, and b) Investigate HIV status as an …

Background: The burden and determinants of frailty in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) are largely
unknown despite a rapidly aging population in the region. To address the gap in Kenya, we …

Objective: We compared the prevalence of frailty by HIV serostatus and related biomarkers
to the modified frailty phenotype among older individuals in a rural population in South …

Frailty was a strong predictor of mortality and incident comorbidity in our HIV-positive and
HIV-negative population which, whilst ageing, were not yet considered of geriatric age …

Background: Advances in HIV management have resulted in life expectancy gains and
consequent ageing in people living with HIV (PLWH). Frailty represents a state of …

Background Antiretroviral therapy (ART) usage among people living with HIV (PLWH) has
led to significant mortality declines and increasing lifespan. However, high incidence and …

Frailty in people living with HIV: an update : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Frailty in
people living with HIV: an update : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Log in or Register …

Background Frailty is a concern among older people living with HIV (PLHIV). There is a
paucity of research characterizing PLHIV who are at risk of becoming frail (pre-frailty). To …

Background: Increasing age of HIV-1 infected population brought about the risk of frailty as
comorbidity, whose prevalence is higher in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) …

Objectives: Some evidence suggests that HIV infection is associated with premature frailty—
a syndrome typically viewed as being related to ageing. We determined the prevalence and …