Sentence examples for frail subjects from inspiring English sources

A total of 102 female patients were recruited: 49 with a recent osteoporotic fracture ("frail" subjects), 53 were controls without fracture history ("non-frail" subjects).

This methodology has a potential to become an effective tool for the early identification, and timely treatment, of "frail" subjects.

Frail subjects may be more prone to developing depressive symptoms due to impaired functional abilities, physical inactivity (sedentarism), and social isolation.

The approval of INMI Spallanzani's IRB was not required since we operated under emergency circumstance, in fact, the investigation was commended by the RHA to contain an ongoing outbreak among frail subjects.

This observation suggests that, in relative terms, socio-economic growth and improvements in public heath care policies and services may tend to favor the survival of relatively frail subjects, particularly at advanced age.

Frail subjects did not display altered CYP3A metabolism compared with non-frail subjects.

In frail subjects, the total number of comorbidities was higher compared with non-frail subjects.

None of the frail subjects had a 100%% Karnofsky score.

More than 50%% of frail subjects had three or more comorbidities, compared with 0%% in the non-frail subjects.

Serum DHEAS levels were lower in frail subjects (1.56 μmol/L) compared with non-frail subjects (2.36 μmol/L), but the result was not significant (p = 0.15).

F.S. showed a good performance in discriminating "frail" from "non-frail" subjects (sensitivity = 76%, specificity = 68%), resulting even slightly more effective than DXA-measured BMD (sensitivity = 73%, specificity = 66%).