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EXPERIMENTAL GERONTOLOGY
卷 153, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111480
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Arterial stiffness; Frailty; Metaanalysis; CAVI; PWV
The analysis of published cross-sectional study results suggests a correlation between aortic stiffness and frailty in older subjects, indicating the need for well-designed prospective studies to explore causality.
Frailty and cardiovascular disease share some of the pathophysiologic features. Our objective was to review and metaanalyse the available published evidence on the topic. We performed a comprehensive literature search for studies where pulse wave velocity (PWV) or carotid-ankle vascular index (CAVI) has been linked with frailty in older persons. Of the initial 362 abstracts, after the application of the PRISMA approach, 5 were analysed in detail. We calculated within-study and pooled standardised mean differences of aortic stiffness measures between frail and non-frail (0.62 [0.31-0.92], p < 0.0001, I-2 = 88%), and pre-frail and non-frail (0.32 [0.14-0.51], p = 0.0006, I-2 = 72%) groups. In two studies it was possible to extract directly or calculate based on published data the odds ratios for the concomitant frailty, associated in one case with CAVI greater by 1 m/s and in another with cfPWV >13 m/s, indicating greater probability of concomitant frailty given greater aortic stiffness. Across the studies, the prevalence of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidaemia, and smoking tended to increase from non-frail, to pre-frail, and frail groups, presenting a possibility of important confounding, but also a common pathophysiology. In conclusion, the pooled analysis of the published cross-sectional study results indicates a relation between aortic stiffness and frailty in older subjects. However, well designed prospective studies are needed to answer the questions of causality.
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