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Objective:To examine the correlation between serum Klotho levels and frailty in elderly people.Methods:In this cross-sectional study, 150 community-dwelling elderly people aged 65 years and over were enrolled.Subjects were divided into a frail(n=50, 33.3%), a pre-frail(n=47, 31.3%)and a non-frail(n=53, 35.3%)group based on the Fried phenotype.General participant data, routine laboratory test results, short physical performance battery(SPPB)results and human body composition data were collected.Serum Klotho protein levels were measured by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.The relationship between serum Klotho protein levels and frailty was analyzed by using Spearmen's correlation analysis and Logistic regression analysis.Results:Klotho protein levels were lower in the frail group than in the non-frail group( P=0.001), whereas differences between the frail group and the pre-frail group and between the pre-frail group and the non-frail group were not statistically significant(all P>0.05).When Klotho protein levels were classified into four quartiles, i.e., Q 1, Q 2, Q 3, and Q 4, using three cut-off vales(2.28, 3.52, and 5.09 mg/L), the prevalences of frailty were 51.4%(19/37), 39.5%(15/38), 24.3%(9/37)and 18.4%(7/38), respectively.The prevalence of frailty decreased with increasing Klotho protein levels( χ2=11.204, P=0.011).Spearman correlation analysis showed that the Klotho protein level was negatively correlated with frailty( r=-0.310, P<0.001).Multivariate Logistic regression analysis results showed that age( OR=1.109, 95% CI: 1.011-1.217, P=0.028)and sarcopenia( OR=6.511, 95% CI: 1.279-33.147, P=0.024)were risk factors for frailty, while walking( OR=0.104, 95% CI: 0.033-0.326, P<0.001), a high SPPB score( OR=0.780, 95% CI: 0.627-0.970, P=0.026), and a high Klotho protein level( OR=0.752, 95% CI: 0.581-0.974, P=0.031)were protective factors against frailty. Conclusions:The serum Klotho protein level may be used as a parameter for the assessment of frailty.It is negatively correlated with frailty, suggesting that elderly people with low serum Klotho protein levels are at high risk of developing frailty.
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Objective To analyze the data of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV ) screening in Qinnan District of Qinzhou from 2013 to 2015 ,and to provide scientific evidences for the prevention and control of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) .Methods HIV antibody data which was collected from the AIDS laboratory between 2013 and 2015 in Qinnan District of Qinzhou were analyzed .Results Of 3 955 cases of the HIV antibody detecting in the AIDS laboratory from 2013 to 2015 ,200 cases were HIV antibody positive ,and the positive rate was 5 .06% which was decreased compared with previously .The HIV antibody positive rate of man was 9 .26% ,which was higher than women .Among the HIV positive people ,the rate of the ages older than 50 was 25 .36% which was the highest compared to the other age groups .The positive rate of farmers was 30 .83% and the rate of di‐vorced or widowed was 30 .86% and the rate of the illiterate was 16 .08% .Conclusion Man ,farmers ,the age older than 50 years old ,the divorced or widowed and the low degree of education groups are the focus groups of health education and prevention of AIDS .If we can find HIV infectors earlier ,we can control the epidemic of AIDS and formulate the prevention and control strategies better .
