articleArchives of Internal MedicineNov 11, 2002Closed access

Frailty and Activation of the Inflammation and Coagulation Systems With and Without Clinical Comorbidities<subtitle>Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study</subtitle>

Johns Hopkins University · St. Francis Hospital · +5 more institutions

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Abstract

Background

The biological basis of frailty has been difficult to establish owing to the lack of a standard definition, its complexity, and its frequent coexistence with illness.

Objective

To establish the biological correlates of frailty in the presence and absence of concurrent cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus.

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Keywords
  • Medicine
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Logistic regression
  • Disease
  • Quartile
  • Gerontology
  • Analysis of variance
  • Internal medicine
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Reduced inequalities
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