The Interplay Between Age and Frailty in People Living With HIV: Results From an 11-Year Follow-up Observational Study | Zendy

Giovanni Guaraldi | Zendy; Davide De Francesco | Zendy; Jovana Milić | Zendy; Iacopo Franconi | Zendy; Cristina Mussini | Zendy; Julian Falutz | Zendy; Matteo Cesari | Zendy

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The Interplay Between Age and Frailty in People Living With HIV: Results From an 11-Year Follow-up Observational Study

Author(s) -

Giovanni Guaraldi,

Davide De Francesco,

Jovana Milić,

Iacopo Franconi,

Cristina Mussini,

Julian Falutz,

Matteo Cesari

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz199

Subject(s) - medicine , observational study , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , cohort , demography , cohort study , pediatrics , family medicine , sociology

Between 2006 and 2017, frailty prevalence decreased in HIV-positive individuals aged 50 years but presented a 3-fold increase among those 75 years of age. This dynamic relationship, defined as the frailty compression ratio, represents the net result of gero-inducing and gero-protective competing forces, described in the cohort.

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