A pilot study to identify factors associated with frailty within the World Trade Center general responder cohort.

Hannah M ThompsonErin ThanikAhmad SabraFred KoWilliam W HungElena ColicinoRoberto G LucchiniGhalib A BelloMichael CraneSusan L TeitelbaumKatherine A Ornstein

Published in: American journal of industrial medicine (2024)

Obesity and having a WTC-certified condition were found to be risk factors for frailty in our pilot study. Future work may focus on further identifying risk factors for frailty in the larger WTC general responder population.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
metabolic syndrome
type diabetes
insulin resistance
weight loss
high fat diet induced
adipose tissue
body mass index
skeletal muscle