2024
National Estimates of Short- and Longer-Term Hospital Readmissions After Major Surgery Among Community-Living Older Adults
Wang Y, Leo-Summers L, Vander Wyk B, Davis-Plourde K, Gill T, Becher R. National Estimates of Short- and Longer-Term Hospital Readmissions After Major Surgery Among Community-Living Older Adults. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e240028. PMID: 38416499, PMCID: PMC10902728, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCenters for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesFee-for-serviceMedicare Advantage beneficiariesHospital readmissionUS residentsNational Health and Aging Trends Study dataCommunity-living older adultsProspective longitudinal cohort studyCommunity-living participantsRate of hospital readmissionLikelihood of hospital readmissionPopulation-based estimatesNationally representative estimatesSex-adjusted modelsCommunity-livingData linkageGeriatric conditionsMedicaid ServicesOlder personsOlder adultsMain OutcomesNational estimatesRepresentative estimatesData analysisCohort study
2023
Interaction Between Frailty and Dementia—Reply
Gill T, Vander Wyk B, Becher R. Interaction Between Frailty and Dementia—Reply. JAMA Surgery 2023, 158: 889-889. PMID: 37017979, DOI: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.0381.Commentaries, Editorials and LettersAssociations Between Frailty and the Increased Risk of Adverse Outcomes Among 38,950 UK Biobank Participants With Prediabetes: Prospective Cohort Study
Cao X, Li X, Zhang J, Sun X, Yang G, Zhao Y, Li S, Hoogendijk E, Wang X, Zhu Y, Allore H, Gill T, Liu Z. Associations Between Frailty and the Increased Risk of Adverse Outcomes Among 38,950 UK Biobank Participants With Prediabetes: Prospective Cohort Study. JMIR Public Health And Surveillance 2023, 9: e45502. PMID: 37200070, PMCID: PMC10236284, DOI: 10.2196/45502.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMultiple adverse outcomesChronic kidney diseaseDiabetes-related microvascular diseaseAdverse outcomesCause mortalityCardiovascular diseaseMiddle-aged adultsUK Biobank participantsHigh riskMicrovascular diseaseEye diseaseIncident type 2 diabetes mellitusType 2 diabetes mellitusProportional hazards regression modelsBiobank participantsMultivariable-adjusted modelsProspective cohort studyHazards regression modelsNormal glucose metabolismDiabetes-related burdenDiabetes-related diseasesHealth care resourcesNonfrail counterpartsFrailty assessmentCohort studyTerminal Decline in Physical Function in Older Adults
Stolz E, Mayerl H, Muniz-Terrera G, Gill T. Terminal Decline in Physical Function in Older Adults. The Journals Of Gerontology Series A 2023, 79: glad119. PMID: 37148208, PMCID: PMC10733182, DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glad119.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA genome-wide association study of frailty identifies significant genetic correlation with neuropsychiatric, cardiovascular, and inflammation pathways
Ye Y, Noche R, Szejko N, Both C, Acosta J, Leasure A, Brown S, Sheth K, Gill T, Zhao H, Falcone G. A genome-wide association study of frailty identifies significant genetic correlation with neuropsychiatric, cardiovascular, and inflammation pathways. GeroScience 2023, 45: 2511-2523. PMID: 36928559, PMCID: PMC10651618, DOI: 10.1007/s11357-023-00771-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFried frailty scoreBiology of frailtyEuropean descent participantsOccurrence of frailtyGenome-wide association studiesMendelian randomization analysisFrailty scoreChronic painJoint disordersPolygenic risk scoresRespiratory diseaseInflammation pathwaysRisk scoreClinical phenotypeBrain tissueCausal associationFrailtyAge-related pathwaysRandomization analysisGenetic factorsAssociation studiesUK BiobankRetirement StudyPerson's vulnerabilitySignificant genetic correlationsAssessing the contributions of modifiable risk factors to serious falls and fragility fractures among older persons living with HIV
Womack J, Murphy T, Leo‐Summers L, Bates J, Jarad S, Gill T, Hsieh E, Rodriguez‐Barradas M, Tien P, Yin M, Brandt C, Justice A. Assessing the contributions of modifiable risk factors to serious falls and fragility fractures among older persons living with HIV. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2023, 71: 1891-1901. PMID: 36912153, PMCID: PMC10258163, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18304.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsModifiable risk factorsFragility fracturesRisk factorsAlcohol use disorderSerious fallsPhysiologic frailtyAntiretroviral therapyOlder PWHUse disordersVeterans Aging Cohort StudyMeasures of multimorbidityAging Cohort StudyBody mass indexMultivariable logistic modelAverage attributable fractionSuccessful prevention programsKey risk factorsOpioid prescriptionsCohort studyMass indexModifiable factorsSixth decadeAttributable fractionElevated riskICD9 codesAssociation of frailty with the incidence risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in long-term cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study
Cao X, Yang Z, Li X, Chen C, Hoogendijk E, Zhang J, Yao N, Ma L, Zhang Y, Zhu Y, Zhang X, Du Y, Wang X, Wu X, Gill T, Liu Z. Association of frailty with the incidence risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes mellitus in long-term cancer survivors: a prospective cohort study. BMC Medicine 2023, 21: 74. PMID: 36829175, PMCID: PMC9951842, DOI: 10.1186/s12916-023-02774-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term cancer survivorsType 2 diabetes mellitusCancer survivorsCardiovascular diseaseIncidence riskDiabetes mellitusFrailty IndicatorCox proportional hazards regression modelRisk of CVDProportional hazards regression modelsNon-frail participantsSerious healthcare burdenIncident cardiovascular diseaseMultivariable-adjusted modelsProspective cohort studyAssociation of frailtyPrimary care dataHazards regression modelsTime of recruitmentQuality of lifeLater comorbidityIncident T2DMCohort studyFrailty phenotypeFrailty indexPlatelet response to influenza vaccination reflects effects of aging
Konstorum A, Mohanty S, Zhao Y, Melillo A, Vander Wyk B, Nelson A, Tsang S, Blevins T, Belshe R, Chawla D, Rondina M, Gill T, Montgomery R, Allore H, Kleinstein S, Shaw A. Platelet response to influenza vaccination reflects effects of aging. Aging Cell 2023, 22: e13749. PMID: 36656789, PMCID: PMC9924941, DOI: 10.1111/acel.13749.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity-dwelling older adultsPlatelet activationOlder adultsInfluenza vaccinationAge-associated chronic inflammationInfluence platelet functionRNA expressionPro-inflammatory diseasesAge-associated increasePlatelet activation pathwaysAge-associated differencesActivation pathwayPlatelet transcriptomeGeriatric conditionsChronic inflammationImmune responsePlatelet functionPlatelet responseSNF residentsVaccinationActivation responseYoung individualsProtein levelsAdultsYounger participants