prefrailty
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Introduction
Term found in GRS9[1]
Etiology
- risk factors same as frailty
* prefrail persons 50% more likely with metabolic syndrome than normal age-matched controls[1]
Epidemiology
- prevalence 25-50% in persons > 65 years of age
Clinical manifestations
- most common
- exhaustion less common
More general terms
Additional terms
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Geriatric Review Syllabus, 9th edition (GRS9) Medinal-Walpole A, Pacala JT, Porter JF (eds) American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- ↑ Barzilay JI, Blaum C, Moore T et al Insulin resistance and inflammation as precursors of frailty: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Apr 9;167(7):635-41. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17420420
- ↑ Danon-Hersch N, Rodondi N, Spagnoli J, Santos-Eggimann B. Prefrailty and chronic morbidity in the youngest old: an insight from the Lausanne cohort Lc65+. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Sep;60(9):1687-94. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22906300
- ↑ Fernandez-Garrido J, Ruiz-Ros V, Buigues C et al Clinical features of prefrail older individuals and emerging peripheral biomarkers: a systematic review. Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2014 Jul-Aug;59(1):7-17. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24679669