- ►sld.cu [PDF] TM Gill, EA Gahbauer, HG Allore, L … - Archives of Internal …, 2006 - archinte.highwire.org Methods: We studied 754 community-living persons, aged 70 years or older, who were nondisabled
in 4 essential activities of daily living. Frailty, assessed every 18 months for 54 months, was defined
on the basis of weight loss, exhaustion, low physical activity, muscle weakness, and slow ... Cited by 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
KE Ensrud, SK Ewing, BC Taylor, HA Fink, … - Archives of Internal …, 2008 - archinte.highwire.org Methods We conducted a prospective cohort study in 6701 women 69 years or older to compare
the predictive validity of a simple frailty index with the components of weight loss, inability to rise
from a chair 5 times without using arms, and reduced energy level (Study of Osteoporotic ... Cited by 28 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
F Lally, P Crome - British Medical Journal, 2007 - pmj.bmj.com The term "frailty" is used loosely to describe a range of conditions in older people, including general
debility and cognitive impairment. There is no clear consensus on the definition of frailty;
however, it is proposed that frailty comprises a collection of biomedical factors which ... Cited by 23 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
N Ahmed, R Mandel, MJ Fain - The American Journal of Medicine, 2007 - Elsevier Frailty is a new and emerging syndrome in the field of geriatrics. The study of frailty may provide
an explanation for the downward spiral of many elderly patients after an acute illness and
hospitalization. The fact that frailty is not present in all elderly persons suggests that it is ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - All 19 versions
MJ Gibson, M Hayunga - AARP Public Policy Institute, 2006 - texasjrac.org The AARP Public Policy Institute, formed in 1985, is part of the Policy and Strategy Group at
AARP. One of the missions of the Institute is to foster research and analysis on public policy issues
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MTE Puts, P Lips, MW Ribbe, DJH Deeg - European Journal of Ageing, 2005 - Springer Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the effect of frailty on the risk of residential/nursing
home admission independently of chronic diseases and func- tional limitations. Frailty consists
of multisystem decline and is considered to be a consequence of changes in ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct
SM Gharacholou, RC Becker - Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis, 2009 - Springer The frequency of atherothrombotic events with increasing age may represent the cumulative
end-result of upregula- tion of coagulation proteins, diminished fibrinolytic capacity, endothelial
dysfunction with impaired regenera- tive capacity, and gene–environment interactions. ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - All 2 versions
L Ferrucci - Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological and … - Geron Soc America BEGINNING with this issue, I will be the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Gerontology: Medical
Sciences. I feel apprehensive, excited, and honored at the same time. Becoming the Editor of
the Journal in which I published my first paper nearly 20 years ago gives me a ... Cited by 1 - Related articles
