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

Giovanni GuaraldiDavide De FrancescoJovana MilicIacopo FranconiCristina MussiniJulian FalutzBeatrice Arosio
Published in: Open forum infectious diseases (2019)
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.
Keyphrases
  • hiv positive
  • men who have sex with men
  • community dwelling
  • antiretroviral therapy
  • south africa
  • risk factors
  • human immunodeficiency virus