DNA methylation aging clocks: challenges and recommendations

CG Bell, R Lowe, PD Adams, AA Baccarelli, S Beck… - Genome biology, 2019 - Springer
Epigenetic clocks comprise a set of CpG sites whose DNA methylation levels measure
subject age. These clocks are acknowledged as a highly accurate molecular correlate of …

Frailty measurement in research and clinical practice: a review

E Dent, P Kowal, EO Hoogendijk - European journal of internal medicine, 2016 - Elsevier
One of the leading causes of morbidity and premature mortality in older people is frailty.
Frailty occurs when multiple physiological systems decline, to the extent that an individual's …

COVID-19-related mortality in kidney transplant and dialysis patients: results of the ERACODA collaboration

LB Hilbrands, R Duivenvoorden, P Vart… - Nephrology Dialysis …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background. Patients on kidney replacement therapy comprise a vulnerable population and
may be at increased risk of death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Currently …

[HTML][HTML] Multicomponent exercise program reduces frailty and inflammatory biomarkers and improves physical performance in community-dwelling older adults: A …

U Sadjapong, S Yodkeeree, S Sungkarat… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
The efficacy of exercise to reverse frailty in the aging population has not been extensively
investigated. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a multicomponent exercise …

Prevalence and outcomes of frailty in unplanned hospital admissions: a systematic review and meta-analysis of hospital-wide and general (internal) medicine cohorts

EL Boucher, JM Gan, PM Rothwell, S Shepperd… - …, 2023 - thelancet.com
Background Guidelines recommend routine frailty screening for all hospitalised older adults
to inform care decisions, based mainly on studies in elective or speciality-specific settings …

What do we know about frailty in the acute care setting? A sco** review

O Theou, E Squires, K Mallery, JS Lee, S Fay… - BMC geriatrics, 2018 - Springer
Background The ability of acute care providers to cope with the influx of frail older patients is
increasingly stressed, and changes need to be made to improve care provided to older …

The association between the clinical frailty scale and adverse health outcomes in older adults in acute clinical settings–a systematic review of the literature

H Falk Erhag, G Guðnadóttir, J Alfredsson… - … Interventions in Aging, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Background Frail older adults experience higher rates of adverse health outcomes.
Therefore, assessing pre-hospital frailty early in the course of care is essential to identify the …

[HTML][HTML] The prevalence of frailty and pre-frailty among geriatric hospital inpatients and its association with economic prosperity and healthcare expenditure: A …

P Doody, EA Asamane, JA Aunger, B Swales… - Ageing research …, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Frailty is a common and clinically significant condition among geriatric
populations. Although well-evidenced pooled estimates of the prevalence of frailty exist …

Wearing body cameras increases assaults against officers and does not reduce police use of force: Results from a global multi-site experiment

B Ariel, A Sutherland, D Henstock… - European journal of …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Police use of force is at the forefront of public awareness in many countries. Body-worn
videos (BWVs) have been proposed as a new way of reducing police use of force, as well as …

Aging, frailty, and the microbiome—how dysbiosis influences human aging and disease

JP Haran, BA McCormick - Gastroenterology, 2021 - Elsevier
The human gut microbiome is a collection of bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and viruses that
coexist in our bodies and are essential in protective, metabolic, and physiologic functions of …