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Background To date, there is no consensus regarding cardiovascular risk management in the very old. Studies have shown that the relationship between traditional cardiovascular risk factors and mortality is null or even inverted within this age group. This relationship could be modified by the presence of frailty. This study was performed to examine the effect of frailty on the association between...
ObjectivesTo investigate whether an observed association between cytomegalovirus (CMV) exposure and functional impairment and frailty in older adults is reproducible in a cohort of individuals aged 80 and older.
DesignThe baseline results of the BELFRAIL study, a prospective observational cohort study, were analyzed.
SettingThree well‐circumscribed areas of Belgium.
ParticipantsFive hundred sixty‐seven...
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