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Highlights of the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) Highly Qualified Personnel Poster Session

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2019
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John Muscedere, Amber Hastings Truelove, Denise Stockley, Jennifer Fowler, Carol Barrie   +4 more
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Can Leucine Supplementation Improve Frailty Index Scores?

Geriatrics, 2023
Sarcopenia and frailty are important conditions that become increasingly prevalent with age. There is partial overlap between the two conditions, especially in terms of the physical aspects of the frailty phenotype: low grip strength, gait speed, and ...
Cristina Buigues, Olga Theou, Rosa Fonfría-Vivas, Francisco M. Martínez-Arnau, Kenneth Rockwood, Omar Cauli   +5 more
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Cardiovascular risk profile and frailty in a population-based study of older British men. [PDF]

, 2015
Frailty in older age is known to be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk. However, the extent to which frailty is associated with the CVD risk profile has been little studied.
Papacosta, AO, Arianayagam, DS, Whincup, PH, Ramsay, SE, Iliffe, S, Lennon, LT, Cryer, J, Wannamethee, SG   +7 more
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Plasma Nickel Levels Correlate with Low Muscular Strength and Renal Function Parameters in Patients with Prostate Cancer

Diseases, 2022
Nickel is associated with cancer in occupational exposure. However, few studies have been devoted to analyzing the effects of nickel at environmental concentrations in cancer patients.
Antoni Alegre-Martínez, María Isabel Martínez-Martínez, José Rubio-Briones, Omar Cauli   +3 more
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Inflammatory markers and incident frailty in men and women:the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing [PDF]

, 2013
Cross-sectional studies show that higher blood concentrations of inflammatory markers tend to be more common in frail older people, but longitudinal evidence that these inflammatory markers are risk factors for frailty is sparse and inconsistent.
Gale, Catharine R, Cooper, Cyrus, Baylis, D, Sayer, AA, Cooper, C, Gale, CR, Sayer, Avan Aihie, Baylis, Daniel, Gale, Catharine R.   +8 more
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Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) National Conference Abstracts

Canadian Geriatrics Journal, 2017
One of the components of the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN) Interdisciplinary Training Program is for HQPs to disseminate their work through publication and meetings.
John Muscedere, Sarah Grace Bebenek, Denise Stockley, Laura Kinderman, Carol Barrie   +4 more
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Associations between frailty trajectories and frailty status and adverse outcomes in community‐dwelling older adults

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2022
Background The association between frailty and adverse outcomes has been clearly defined. Frailty is associated with age, but different frailty evolution patterns might determine the incidence of adverse outcomes at older ages.
Alejandro Álvarez‐Bustos, Jose Antonio Carnicero‐Carreño, Juan Luis Sanchez‐Sanchez, Francisco Javier Garcia‐Garcia, Cristina Alonso‐Bouzón, Leocadio Rodríguez‐Mañas   +5 more
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A covariance-based test for shared frailty in multivariate lifetime data [PDF]

, 2012
We decompose the score statistic for testing for shared finite variance frailty in multivariate lifetime data into marginal and covariance-based terms.
Kimber, Alan, Sarker, Shah-Jalal
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Practitioner perceptions of the feasibility of common frailty screening instruments within general practice settings: a mixed methods study

BMC Primary Care, 2022
Background Frailty is a highly prevalent clinical syndrome increasing older people’s vulnerability to risk of adverse outcomes. Better frailty identification through expanded screening implementation has been advocated within general practice settings ...
Rachel C. Ambagtsheer, Mavourneen G. Casey, Michael Lawless, Mandy M. Archibald, Solomon Yu, Alison Kitson, Justin J. Beilby   +6 more
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Optimal setting and care organization in the management of older adults with hip fracture: a narrative review

Geriatric Care, 2015
Hip fracture (HF) is a common event in older adults and is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, reduction of quality of life and costs for the healthcare systems.
Andrea Giusti, Antonella Barone, Monica Razzano, Rita Raiteri, Andrea Del Rio, Viviana Bassoli, Ernesto Palummeri, Mauro Oliveri, Alberto Pilotto   +8 more
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