Nonlinear multisystem physiological dysregulation associated with frailty in older women: Implications for etiology and treatment

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1049-1057

  Fried, Linda P ^a   Xue, Qian Li ^b,c,d   Cappola, Anne R ^e   Ferrucci, Luigi ^f   Chaves, Paulo ^b,c   Varadhan, Ravi ^b,c,d   Guralnik, Jack M ^f   Leng, Sean X ^b   Semba, Richard D ^b   Walston, Jeremy D ^b,c   Blaum, Caroline S ^g,h   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b,c  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Frailty etiology

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRACE ELEMENT;

AGED; AGING; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEAKNESS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADIPOSITY; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMOGLOBINS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INTERLEUKIN-6; MICRONUTRIENTS; MOTOR SKILLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 69949102187     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp076     Document Type: Article

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