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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2022

Biological Frailty Index in centenarians.

Beatrice Arosio, Annalisa Geraci, Evelyn Ferri, Daniela Mari, Matteo Cesari

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Emergency trauma admissions in the oldest-old: short- and long-term mortality and the role of frailty in a Turkish national cohort of centenarians.European journal of trauma and emergency surgery : official publication of the European Trauma Society · 2026
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  6. Decelerated Epigenetic Aging in Long Livers.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  9. Frailty and Associated Factors among Chinese Centenarians.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Beatrice ArosioLaboratorio di Geriatria, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122, Milan, Italy. beatrice.arosio@unimi.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0615-3580
Annalisa GeraciGeriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Evelyn FerriGeriatric Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Via Pace 9, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Daniela MariLaboratorio Sperimentale di Ricerche di Neuroendocrinologia Geriatrica ed Oncologica, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Via Zucchi 18, 20095, Cusano Milanino, Italy.
Matteo CesariLaboratorio di Geriatria, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Pace 9, 20122, Milan, Italy.
Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico · ITUniversity of Milan · ITIRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano · IT

Funding

ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca PRIN 2006ministero dell'istruzione, dell'università e della ricerca PRIN 2009
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study measured the subclinical frailty of centenarians by looking at the accumulation of their biological abnormalities. For this aim, a biological Frailty Index (FI) was computed in centenarians living in Northern Italy. The median value of the biological FI was 0.33 (interquartile range, IQR 0.28-0.41). The biological FI did not significantly differ between women (0.34, IQR 0.31-0.39) and men (0.32, IQR 0.26-0.43). The biological FI seems to have a narrower distribution compared to clinical FI we previously computed in the same cohort. In conclusion, our study suggests that centenarians benefit from exceptional biological reserves that might be underestimated by clinical appearances.

Indexed as

FrailtyAgedAged, 80 and overCentenariansCohort StudiesFemaleFrail ElderlyGeriatric AssessmentHumansItalyMaleBiological frailty indexBiological reservesCentenariansLongevity

Identifiers

PMID34655428
PMCPMC8894165
OpenAlexW3205210339

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