Cross-Sectional Association of Frailty and Arterial Stiffness in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Framingham Heart Study

BACKGROUND: Frailty is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD). Underlying mechanisms to explain the connection between frailty and CVD are unclear. We sought to examine the association between frailty and arterial stiffness, a precursor of hypertension and CVD. METHODS: We conducted a cross-...

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Veröffentlicht in:J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci
Hauptverfasser: Orkaby, Ariela R, Lunetta, Kathryn L, Sun, Fangui J, Driver, Jane A, Benjamin, Emelia J, Hamburg, Naomi M, Mitchell, Gary F, Vasan, Ramachandran S, Murabito, Joanne M
Format: Artigo
Sprache:Inglês
Veröffentlicht: Oxford University Press 2019
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The Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences
Online Zugang:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6599281/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29917058
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/gly134
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