Question

(d) Female frailty ! We must all come to it, if
we live to be old, and feel the craving of a
false appetite when the true is decayed.
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Answer 1

Female Frailty:

• Frailty describes an individual's vulnerability to adverse health outcomes and is a useful construct that assists health professionals to understand the heterogeneity of the ageing population.
• While the pathophysiological pathways that lead to frailty are not well defined, an individual's sex appears to be a key factor influencing the ageing trajectory.
• Compared with age-matched men, women tend to have poorer health status (ie, they are more frail) but longer life expectancy (ie, they are more resilient).
• Frailty prevalence was 5.4% in males, 8.8% in females.
• Significant risk factor in females were obesity, physical inactivity, sleeping <6 h, family history of diabetes and heart attack, and hospitalization history.

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