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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 Mandl
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • middle aged
  • community dwelling
  • systemic lupus erythematosus
  • disease activity
  • rheumatoid arthritis