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JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES
卷 64, 期 2, 页码 243-248出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/gln026
关键词
Hormones; Aging; Elderly; Women; Frailty; IGF-1; DHEAS; Testosterone
资金
- National Institute on Aging (NIA) [K23 AG19161]
- NIA [N01-AG-1-2112, R01-AG11703, R37-AG19905]
- Johns Hopkins Hospital
- Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center General Clinical Research Center
Background. Alterations in anabolic hormones are theorized to contribute to aging and frailty, with most studies focusing on the relationship between individual hormones and specific age-associated diseases. We hypothesized that associations with frailty would most likely manifest in the presence of deficits in multiple anabolic hormones. Methods. The relationships of serum levels of total IGF-1, DHEAS, and free testosterone ( T) with frailty status (non-frail, prefrail, or frail) were analyzed in 494 women aged 70-79 years enrolled in the Women's Health and Aging Studies I or II. Using multivariate polytomous regression, we calculated the odds of frailty for deficiency in each hormone (defined as the bottom quartile of the hormone) individually, as well as for a count of the hormones. Results. For each hormone, in adjusted analyses, those with the deficiency were more likely to be frail than those without the deficiency, although this did not achieve statistical significance (IGF-1: odds ratio [OR] 1.82, confidence interval [CI] 0.81-4.08; DHEAS: OR 1.68, CI 0.77-3.69; free T: OR 2.03, CI 0.89-4.64). Compared with those with no hormonal deficiencies, those with one deficiency were not more likely to be frail ( OR 1.15, CI 0.49-2.68), whereas those with two or three deficiencies had a very high likelihood of being frail ( OR 2.79, CI 1.06-7.32), in adjusted models. Conclusions. The absolute burden of anabolic hormonal deficiencies is a stronger predictor of frailty status than the type of hormonal deficiency, and the relationship is nonlinear. These analyses suggest generalized endocrine dysfunction in the frailty syndrome.
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