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Inflammation and frailty measures in older people.
Journal of cellular and molecular medicine - 1 Sept 2009
Hubbard Ruth E, O'Mahony M Sinead, Savva George M, Calver Brian L, Woodhouse Ken W
Abstract excerpt
Inflammation in patients defined as frail by Fried's phenotypic definition may be related to sarcopenia. This study aimed to investigate inflammation in older patients across different frailty criteria. Frailty status was determined in 110 patients aged over 75 years (mean 83.9 years) according to function (dependent, intermediate, independent); Fried (three or more items of exhaustion, weight loss, slow walking...
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