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Protein Intake and the Risk of Pre-Frailty and Frailty in Norwegian Older Adults. The Tromsø Study 1994–2016 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2022
BACKGROUND: Protein intake is suggested as an important dietary factor in the prevention of frailty, however, the infuence of lifelong intake remains unclear.
Strand, Bjørn Heine   +6 more
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Cognitive impairment and frailty in depressed elderly

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2022
Introduction Cognitive frailty has recently been defined as the co-occurrence of physical frailty and cognitive impairment. Late-life depression (LLD) is associated with both physical frailty and cognitive impairment, especially processing speed and ...
M. Arts, S. Petrykiv, L. Jonge
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between lifestyle factors and multidimensional frailty: a cross-sectional study among community-dwelling older people

open access: yesBMC Geriatrics, 2022
Background Multidimensional frailty, including physical, psychological, and social components, is associated to disability, lower quality of life, increased healthcare utilization, and mortality.
Marcel A. L. M. van Assen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prognostic effects of cardiac rehabilitation in heart failure patients classified according to physical frailty: A propensity score–matched analysis of a nationwide prospective cohort study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Cardiology. Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention, 2023
Background: Research regarding cardiac rehabilitation (CR) in the prognosis of heart failure (HF) patients and frailty remains lacking. Here, the effects of CR on the 2-year prognosis of HF patients were examined according to their frailty status ...
Takuji Adachi   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

A robust machine learning framework to identify signatures for frailty: a nested case-control study in four aging European cohorts [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Phenotype-specific omic expression patterns in people with frailty could provide invaluable insight into the underlying multi-systemic pathological processes and targets for intervention.
Zürbig, Petra   +74 more
core   +1 more source

Vascular frailty, a proposal for new frailty type: A narrative review

open access: yesKaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Frailty is the incremental accumulation of minute defects that progressively impair health and performance. Frailty is commonly observed in older adults; however, secondary frailty may also occur in patients with metabolic disorders or major organ ...
Chia‐Ter Chao, Kuan‐Yu Hung
doaj   +1 more source

Biomarkers for physical frailty and sarcopenia

open access: yesAging Clinical and Experimental Research, 2017
Physical frailty (PF) and sarcopenia are major health issues in geriatric populations, given their high prevalence and association with several adverse outcomes. Nevertheless, the lack of an univocal operational definition for the two conditions has so far hampered their clinical implementation.
Calvani   +11 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Physical Activity across Frailty Phenotypes in Females with Parkinson’s Disease

open access: yesJournal of Aging Research, 2012
Females with Parkinson’s disease (PD) are vulnerable to frailty. PD eventually leads to decreased physical activity, an indicator of frailty. We speculate PD results in frailty through reduced physical activity. Objective.
Kaitlyn P. Roland   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Frailty in randomised controlled trials for dementia or mild cognitive impairment measured via the frailty index: prevalence and prediction of serious adverse events and attrition

open access: yesAlzheimer’s Research & Therapy, 2023
Background Frailty and dementia have a bidirectional relationship. However, frailty is rarely reported in clinical trials for dementia and mild cognitive impairment (MCI) which limits assessment of trial applicability.
Heather Wightman   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cardiovascular risk profile and frailty in a population-based study of older British men. [PDF]

open access: yes, 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   +7 more
core   +1 more source

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