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ReviewAging and disease2024

Inflammatory Markers Associated with Physical Frailty and Cognitive Impairment.

Yiming Pan, Lina Ma

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Review in Aging and disease, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

26 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  4. Dynamic frailty exposure and cognitive aging trajectories: A multicohort study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Yiming PanDepartment of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, National Research Center for Geriatric Medicine, Beijing 100053, China.
Lina MaDepartment of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University, National Research Center for Geriatric Medicine, Beijing 100053, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In older adults, physical frailty and cognitive impairment contribute to adverse outcomes. However, the research on mechanisms underlying physical frailty and cognitive impairment is limited. Low-grade chronic inflammation is a characteristic of aging. Particularly, an imbalance in pro- and anti-inflammatory mechanisms may be involved in frailty and neurodegenerative disorders. Therefore, exploring the inflammatory markers of physical frailty and cognitive impairment is crucial to fully understanding these mechanisms and establishing a substantial link between these two disorders. Notably, few studies have focused on exploring inflammatory markers in both physical frailty and cognitive impairment, posing a major challenge in elucidating the link between them. Therefore, substantial efforts are required for the better prevention of physical frailty and cognitive impairment. In this review, we explored the role of inflammatory markers as a potential link between frailty and cognitive impairment.

Indexed as

AgingCognitive DysfunctionFrail ElderlyFrailtyInflammationAgedBiomarkersHumansBiomarkers

Identifiers

PMID38739942
PMCPMC11964426

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