Biochemical measures and frailty in people with intellectual disabilities | Zendy

Josje D. Schoufour | Zendy; Michael A. Echteld | Zendy; André Boonstra | Zendy; Zwier M. A. Groothuismink | Zendy; Heleen M. Evenhuis | Zendy

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Biochemical measures and frailty in people with intellectual disabilities

Author(s) -

Josje D. Schoufour,

Michael A. Echteld,

André Boonstra,

Zwier M. A. Groothuismink,

Heleen M. Evenhuis

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afv152

Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , intellectual disability , psychiatry

People with intellectual disabilities (ID) are earlier frail than people in the general population. Although this may be explained by lifelong unfavourable social, psychological and clinical causes, underlying physiological pathways might be considered too. Biological measures can help identify pathophysiological pathways. Therefore, we examined the association between frailty and a range of serum markers on inflammation, anaemia, the metabolic system, micronutrients and renal functioning.

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