Measurement of organ structure and function enhances understanding of the physiological basis of frailty: The Cardiovascular Health Study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1581-1588

  Sanders, Jason L ^a,b   Boudreau, Robert M ^b   Fried, Linda P ^c   Walston, Jeremy D ^d   Harris, Tamara B ^e   Newman, Anne B ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University ^*  (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disease burden; Etiology; Frailty

Indexed keywords

BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYSTATIN C; FIBRINOGEN; GLUCOSE;

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FIBRINOGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOLOGIC INDEX; RATING SCALE; STROKE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 80054756978     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03557.x     Document Type: Article

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