To be frail or not to be frail: this is the question—a critical narrative review of frailty

S Sciacchitano, V Carola, G Nicolais… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - mdpi.com
Many factors have contributed to rendering frailty an emerging, relevant, and very popular
concept. First, many pandemics that have affected humanity in history, including COVID-19 …

Delirium and frailty in older adults: Clinical overlap and biological underpinnings

G Bellelli, F Triolo, MC Ferrara… - Journal of internal …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Frailty and delirium are two common geriatric syndromes sharing several clinical
characteristics, risk factors, and negative outcomes. Understanding their interdependency is …

Frailty Trajectories Preceding Dementia in the US and UK

DD Ward, JP Flint, TJ Littlejohns, IF Foote… - JAMA …, 2025 - jamanetwork.com
Importance An accessible marker of both biological age and dementia risk is crucial to
advancing dementia prevention and treatment strategies. Although frailty is a candidate for …

Associations between circulating cell-free mitochondrial DNA, inflammatory markers, and cognitive and physical outcomes in community dwelling older adults

LS Nidadavolu, D Feger, D Chen, Y Wu, F Grodstein… - Immunity & …, 2023 - Springer
Background Dementia and frailty are common age-related syndromes often linked to chronic
inflammation. Identifying the biological factors and pathways that contribute to chronic …

Circulating cell-free genomic DNA is associated with an increased risk of dementia and with change in cognitive and physical function

LS Nidadavolu, D Feger, Y Wu… - Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Altered cell homeostasis, seen in cognitive decline and frailty, leads to cell
death and turnover, releasing circulating cell-free DNA (ccf-DNA). Objective: The goal of this …

The correlation between frailty trajectories and adverse outcomes in older patients: a systematic review

W Zhang, L Zhou, Y Zhou, Y Chen, K She… - Archives of gerontology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Frailty is a geriatric syndrome that is highly susceptible to adverse health
outcomes and is a major burden that exacerbates society's medical care. By investigating …

The NIA-AA revised clinical criteria for Alzheimer's disease: are they too advanced?

A Bianchetti, M Ikeda, R Mateos, S Mondini… - International …, 2023 - cambridge.org
The National Institute on Aging and the Alzheimer's Association (NIA-AA) workgroups
presented the revised guidelines for clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease at AAIC 2023 …

Associations of orthostatic hypotension and frailty with dementia and mortality in older adults: a population-based cohort study

X **a, L Jönsson, C Tazzeo, C Qiu… - The Journals of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background This study aimed to assess the associations of orthostatic hypotension (OH), in
the presence or absence of frailty, with dementia and mortality in older adults. Methods We …

Cognitive frailty is associated with elevated proinflammatory markers and a higher risk of mortality

BS Diniz, MF Lima-Costa, SV Peixoto… - The American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Cognitive impairment and physical frailty are common among older adults and
associated with a higher likelihood of adverse health outcomes. These two conditions …

Intranasal insulin treatment ameliorates spatial memory, muscular strength, and frailty deficits in 5xFAD mice

WH Gendron, E Fertan, KM Roddick, AA Wong… - Physiology & …, 2024 - Elsevier
The 5xFAD mouse model shows age-related weight loss as well as cognitive and motor
deficits. Metabolic dysregulation, especially impaired insulin signaling, is also present in AD …