Mortality and survival in nonagenarians during the COVID-19 pandemic: Unstable equilibrium of aging.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Aging puts the human body under an immense stress and makes it extremely susceptible to many diseases, often leading to poor outcomes and even death. Long-living individuals represent a unique group of people who withstood the stress of time and offer an abundance of information on the body's ability to endure the pressure of aging. In this study, we sought to identify predictors of overall one-year mortality in 1641 long-living individuals. Additionally, we analyzed risk factors for COVID-19-related morality, since statistics demonstrated an extreme vulnerability of older adults.

Methods

We conducted a two-stage evaluation, including a comprehensive geriatric assessment for major aging-associated: frailty, cognitive impairment, frontal lobe dysfunction, chronic

SUBMITTER: Kashtanova DA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10018166 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature