Concurrent Validity of Pictorial Fit-Frail Scale (PFFS) in Older Adult Male Veterans with Different Levels of Health Literacy.

Frailty is a state of vulnerability characterized by multisystemic physiological decline. The Pictorial Fit Frail Scale (PFFS) is a practical, image-based assessment that may facilitate the assessment of frailty in individuals with inadequate health literacy (HL). Determine the concurrent validity and feasibility of the PFFS in older Veterans with different levels of HL and cognition.

Incidence of Frailty in Community-Dwelling United States Older Veterans.

Objectives: Determine the incidence rates of frailty among community-dwelling older veterans.

Design: Population-based retrospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: Veterans Health Administration Medical Center study included community-dwelling veterans 60 years and older with determinations of frailty from 2013 to 2014 and followed until September 2019.

Chronic Liver Disease and the Risk of Osteoporotic Fractures: A Meta-Analysis.

Introduction Chronic liver disease (CLD) causes more than 1 million deaths every year and remains a pandemic in the last decade affecting more than 600,000 patients in the United States. Previous studies found patients with CLD had increased risk of osteoporosis, so fractures were inferred to be complications of this condition. The aim of this meta-analysis is to summarize the best evidence that correlates CLD patients and the risk to develop osteoporotic fractures versus control patients without CLD.

Celiac Disease and Risk of Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review.

Introduction Several studies have found celiac disease may be associated with a variety of cardiac manifestations. Atrial fibrillation (AF) is one of the most common arrhythmias that can cause significant morbidity. However, the risk of atrial fibrillation in patients with celiac disease according to epidemiological studies remains unclear.