Frailty-Related Factors among Women Living with and without HIV Aged 40 Years and Older. The Women’s Interagency HIV Study

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2024年1月9日

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Deborah R. Gustafson,
Q. Shi,
M. Thurn,
S. Holman,
M. H. Kuniholm,
M. Fischl,
M. Floris-Moore,
S. Gange,
D. Konkle-Parker,
M. Plankey,
J. C. Price,
R. D. Ross,
A. Rubtsova,
A. Sharma,
D. R. Hoover

摘要

Background

Frailty is a clinical, geriatric syndrome linked to disability and mortality; and may be associated with a variety of factors among underrepresented and underserved women living with HIV (WLWH) and without HIV (WLWOH) transitioning through the adult life course.

Objectives

Determine whether a published set of factors associated cross-sectionally with frailty in WLWH and similar WLWOH at average age 39 years in 2005/2006 were associated with frailty in 2018/2019 among women who initiated frailty assessments at age ≥40 years, or whether a new set of factors were associated with frailty.

Design

Cross-sectional analyses within a longitudinal cohort study.

Setting

The multi-center Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS).

Participants

1285 participants (951 WLWH, 334 WLWOH), median age 53 years (interquartile range 47–58 years).

Measurements

The Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) in association with 23 factors representing HIV serostatus, other infections, sociodemographic factors, health behaviors, and chronic diseases.

Results

Frailty prevalence was 11.1% in 2018/2019 (12.6% among WLWOH, 9.6% among WLWH, p=0.121). The published 2005/2006 final multivariable stepwise regression model contained 9 predictors of frailty. When refit to women in 2018/2019, only age ≥50 years and annual income ≤$12,000 were independently positively associated with frailty; other significant 2005/2006 factors, HIV serostatus, CD4+ count <500 cells/mL among WLWH, smoking, drinking, FIB-4 and eGFR, were not. A newly-derived stepwise model considering all 23 predictors measured in 2018/2019, showed independent positive associations between frailty and age ≥50 years, annual income ≤$12,000, obesity (body mass index (BMI) ≥30kg/m²), and history of tuberculosis and cancer.

Conclusion

Different chronic and infectious disease factors were associated with frailty among WLWH and WLWOH over the adult life course. Understanding factors associated with frailty by adult life stage, allows identification and implementation of novel, temporal interventions to alleviate frailty-associated outcomes and enhance quality of life among WLWH and WLWOH.