Hierarchical Development of Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment and Their Association With Incident Cardiovascular Disease

CONCLUSIONS: The simultaneous development of frailty and CI is associated with an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes including death compared with the development of each syndrome alone. Diagnostics to detect frailty and CI are critical in assessment of cardiovascular risk in the older population.PMID:37538136 | PMC:PMC10399211 | DOI:10.1016/j.jacadv.2023.100318

Source: Adv Data - August 4, 2023 Category: Epidemiology Authors: Abdulla A Damluji Naila Ijaz Shang-En Chung Qian-Li Xue Rani K Hasan Wayne B Batchelor Ariela R Orkaby Ajar Kochar Michael G Nanna David L Roth Jeremy D Walston Jon R Resar Gary Gerstenblith Source Type: research