Association of phenotypic frailty and hand grip strength with telomere length in SLE.
Sarah B LieberRobyn A LipschultzShahrez SyedMangala RajanSara VenkatramanMyriam LinM Carrington ReidNeal F LueLisa A MandlPublished in: Lupus science & medicine (2024)
Decreased hand grip strength, but not frailty, was independently associated with shortened telomere length in a cohort of non-elderly women with SLE. Frailty in this middle-aged cohort may be multifactorial rather than strictly a manifestation of accelerated ageing.