Fatigability as a Predictor of Subclinical and Clinical Anemia in Well-Functioning Older Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Anemia is a common condition in older adults for which fatigue, the primary symptom, often goes unrecognized as individuals typically equilibrate their activity to avoid fatigue. Whether assessing fatigability (i.e., susceptibility to fatigue) facilitates identification of anemia is unknown. This study examines the association between fatigability and prevalent, incident, and persistent subclinical and clinical anemia in well-functioning older adults.

Design, setting, participants

Longitudinal analysis of 905 well-functioning men and women aged 60 to 89 years and followed for 1 to 5 years from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging conducted at the National Institute on Aging, Clinical Research Unit, Baltimore, MD.

Measurements

Perceived fatig

SUBMITTER: Simonsick EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8297914 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature