Antiretroviral therapy protects against frailty in HIV-1 infection

V Ianas, E Berg, MJ Mohler… - Journal of the …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
HIV-1-infected patients are surviving longer and by 2015 half will be older than 50 years of
age. Frailty is a syndrome associated with advanced age but occurs in HIV-1-infected …

Frailty among HIV-infected persons in an urban outpatient care setting

NF Önen, A Agbebi, E Shacham, KE Stamm, AR Önen… - Journal of Infection, 2009 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Frailty among HIV-infected persons is increasingly recognized but data are
limited. We aimed to determine frailty prevalence, predictors and clinical significance in this …

Gender differences for frailty in HIV-infected patients on stable antiretroviral therapy and with an undetectable viral load

JR Blanco, I Barrio, E Ramalle-Gómara, MI Beltran… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Patients with HIV infection suffer from accelerated aging. In this context, frailty
could be a relevant problem that aggravates the quality of life (QoL) and morbi-mortality of …

Frailty is associated with mortality and incident comorbidity among middle-aged human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)–positive and HIV-negative participants

E Verheij, GD Kirk, FW Wit, RA van Zoest… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Frailty is associated with mortality and morbidity in the general geriatric
population, but less is known about its impact among the aging but generally younger …

HIV-related frailty is not characterized by sarcopenia

HC Rees, E Meister, MJ Mohler… - Journal of the …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Frailty is common in HIV-infected patients, but its causes are elusive. We assessed 122
clinic patients for frailty using the 5-measure Fried Frailty criteria. The prevalence of frailty …

Frailty and physical function in older HIV-infected adults

F Brañas, Z Jiménez, M Sánchez-Conde… - Age and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Background and Objectives HIV patients have seen accelerated ageing. Our objective was
to determine the prevalence of frailty, to evaluate factors associated with frailty and to …

[HTML][HTML] The silent epidemic–frailty and aging with HIV

AL Willig, ET Overton, MS Saag - Total patient care in HIV & HCV, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
As the number of older adults with HIV increases, this population is experiencing an
increased risk for frailty. While there is no single definition or diagnostic criteria for frailty, it is …

Frailty, HIV infection, and mortality in an aging cohort of injection drug users

DA Piggott, AD Muzaale, SH Mehta, TT Brown… - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Background Frailty is associated with morbidity and premature mortality among elderly HIV-
uninfected adults, but the determinants and consequences of frailty in HIV-infected …

Association between frailty and components of the frailty phenotype with modifiable risk factors and antiretroviral therapy

KM Erlandson, K Wu, SL Koletar… - The Journal of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART) on frailty among human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV)–infected adults has not been well described. HIV-infected participants aged≥ 40 …

The impact of frailty on all-cause mortality in patients with HIV infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

S Liu, Q Yan, Y Jiang, M Xiao, J Zhao… - AIDS Research and …, 2022 - liebertpub.com
The aim of this study was to conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies
that have examined the association between frailty and all-cause mortality in patients with …