Frailty, HIV infection, and mortality in an aging cohort of injection drug users.

Frailty is associated with morbidity and premature mortality among elderly HIV-uninfected adults, but the determinants and consequences of frailty in HIV-infected populations remain unclear. We evaluated the correlates of frailty, and the impact of frailty on mortality in a cohort of aging injection...

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Main Authors: Damani A Piggott, Abimereki D Muzaale, Shruti H Mehta, Todd T Brown, Kushang V Patel, Sean X Leng, Gregory D Kirk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3561408?pdf=render