Join us February 20 at Noon ET for CLSA webinar, “Impact of physical activity on the relation between frailty and hypertension in males and females in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.” The webinar will be presented by Myles O’Brien, an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Université de Sherbrooke.
Frailty reflects the heterogeneity in aging and may lead to the development of hypertension and heart disease, but the frailty-cardiovascular relationship and whether physical activity modifies this relationship in males and females are unclear. The aim of this work was to determine whether higher frailty was positively associated with hypertension and heart disease in males and females and if habitual movement mediated this relationship. In this webinar, baseline frailty data and follow-up hypertension and heart disease data using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging will be presented. Frailty at baseline was determined via a 73-item deficit-based index, activity at follow-up was determined via the Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly, and cardiovascular function was self-reported. This webinar will highlight the major impact of frailty levels on cardiovascular health and discuss the potential strong or weak impact of movement on explaining this relation among males and females.
Myles O’Brien (PhD, CSEP-Clinical Exercise Physiologist) is a research-based assistant professor within the Department of Medicine at the Université de Sherbrooke since January 2024. He is housed in the Center de Formation Médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. Myles’ work studies the impact of mobility and posture on cardiovascular health and frailty in older adults. His interest is in building collaborations between researchers, hospitals, and community organizations to improve the day-to-day practices of knowledge users. Myles and his team of students and collaborators develop and conduct research using clinical trial, applied mechanisms, and epidemiological study designs to better understand active aging.
