Frailty Risk After a Cardiovascular Event Among Community-Dwelling Older People: Influence of Sociodemographic, Polypharmacy, and Pre-event Frailty
Our community-based study provides robust evidence that individuals who were women, older, pre-frail, with polypharmacy, and living in regional or remote areas have a markedly greater odds of developing frailty after a CVD event.
Authors
- ARM Saifuddin Ekram
- Robyn L. Woods (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1249-6149)
- Aung Zaw Zaw Phyo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-4072)
- Joanne Ryan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7039-6325)
- Sara Espinoza (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1116-302X)
- Andrew Tonkin
Institutions
- Monash University (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Canadian Journal of Cardiology
- Published
- 2025-06-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2025.06.003
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Victorian Cancer Agency
- Monash University
- National Institutes of Health
- Medical Research Council
- National Health and Medical Research Council
- National Institute on Aging
- National Cancer Institute