Table 2.
Protective and risk factors for frailty progression and reversibility
| Risk factors associated with frailty progression | Protective factors associated with frailty reversal | |
|---|---|---|
| Socio-demographic factors | ||
| Older age | + | |
| Younger age | + | |
| Low aging satisfaction | + | |
| Older subjective age | + | |
| Female sex | + | |
| Higher education | + | |
| Employment | + | |
| Anthropometric variables and lifestyles | ||
| Smoking pack years | + | |
| Waist to hip ratio | + | |
| Combined exercise-nutrition intervention | + | |
| HIV related variables | ||
| Duration of ART exposure | + | |
| HIV virologic suppression | + | |
| CD4 nadir > 500 | + | |
| Absence of AIDS diagnosis | + | |
| Cumulative exposure to zalcitabine (ddC) | + | |
| HIV duration > 20 years | + | |