Frailty in relation to the risk of carotid atherosclerosis and cardiovascular events in Chinese community-dwelling older adults: A five-year prospective cohort study

CONCLUSION: Deficit accumulation was closely associated with carotid atherosclerosis risks and strongly predicted five-year CVD events. The frailty index can be used to help identify older adults at high risks of CVD for improved preventive healthcare.PMID:37536575 | DOI:10.1016/j.exger.2023.112266

Source: Experimental Gerontology - August 3, 2023 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Chunxiu Wang Xianghua Fang Zhe Tang Yang Hua Zhongying Zhang Xiang Gu Beibei Liu Kun Yang Xunming Ji Xiaowei Song Source Type: research