The degree of frailty as a translational measure of health in aging

SE Howlett, AD Rutenberg, K Rockwood - Nature Aging, 2021 - nature.com
Frailty is a multiply determined, age-related state of increased risk for adverse health
outcomes. We review how the degree of frailty conditions the development of late-life …

[HTML][HTML] Sex differences in frailty: comparisons between humans and preclinical models

AE Kane, SE Howlett - Mechanisms of Ageing and Development, 2021 - Elsevier
Frailty can be viewed as a state of physiological decline that increases susceptibility to
adverse health outcomes. This loss of physiological reserve means that even small stressors …

Blood-pressure and cholesterol lowering in persons without cardiovascular disease

S Yusuf, E Lonn, P Pais, J Bosch… - … England Journal of …, 2016 - Mass Medical Soc
Background Elevated blood pressure and elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
increase the risk of cardiovascular disease. Lowering both should reduce the risk of …

Frailty and cardiovascular outcomes in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

AA Damluji, SE Chung, QL Xue, RK Hasan… - European heart …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Aims Physical frailty is a commonly encountered geriatric syndrome among older adults
without coronary heart disease (CHD). The impact of frailty on the incidence of long-term …

Determination of biological age: geriatric assessment vs biological biomarkers

LWM Diebel, K Rockwood - Current oncology reports, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Biological age is the concept of using biophysiological
measures to more accurately determine an individual's age-related risk of adverse …

Frailty, lifestyle, genetics and dementia risk

DD Ward, JM Ranson, LMK Wallace… - Journal of Neurology …, 2022 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To optimise dementia prevention strategies, we must understand the complex
relationships between lifestyle behaviours, frailty and genetics. Methods We explored …

High prevalence of geriatric conditions among older adults with cardiovascular disease

A Aïdoud, W Gana, F Poitau, C Debacq… - Journal of the …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
As the population ages, the global cardiovascular disease burden will continue to increase,
particularly among older adults. Increases in life expectancy and better cardiovascular care …

Frailty and heart failure: State‐of‐the‐art review

KM Talha, A Pandey, M Fudim, J Butler… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
At least half of all patients with heart failure (HF) are affected by frailty, a syndrome that limits
an individual ability to recover from acute stressors. While frailty affects up to 90% of patients …

Frailty and cardiovascular mortality in more than 3 million US Veterans

W Shrauner, EM Lord, XMT Nguyen… - European Heart …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Aims Frailty is associated with an increased risk of all-cause mortality and cardiovascular
(CV) events. Limited data exist from the modern era of CV prevention on the relationship …

Utility of the hospital frailty risk score derived from administrative data and the association with stroke outcomes

MF Kilkenny, HT Phan, RI Lindley, J Kim, D Lopez… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Conditions associated with frailty are common in people
experiencing stroke and may explain differences in outcomes. We assessed associations …