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Statin treatment, phenotypic frailty and mortality among community-dwelling octogenarian men: the HBS cohort.

Age and ageing - 27 Feb 2020

Luotola Kari, Jyväkorpi Satu, Urtamo Annele, Pitkälä Kaisu H, Kivimäki Mika, Strandberg Timo E

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BACKGROUND: statin treatment has increased also among people aged 80 years and over, but adverse effects potentially promoting frailty and loss of resilience are frequent concerns. METHODS: in the Helsinki Businessmen Study, men born in 1919-34 (original n = 3,490) have been followed up since the 1960s. In 2011, a random subcohort of home-living survivors (n = 525) was assessed using questionnaires and clinical...

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PMID: 31755909
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afz138
PMCID: PMC7306181

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