Background Frailty has become an important determinant of a series of adverse health
outcomes. We explored the risk factors for frailty in older adults in the community from a …

Background Although frailty of older people has been shown to be associated with
numerous adverse health outcomes, evidence on healthcare costs associated with frailty is …

Importance Frailty is a common geriatric syndrome of significant public health importance,
yet there is limited understanding of the risk of frailty development at a population level …

Objectives: To systematically review the epidemiology of frailty in China, one of the world's
most populous countries, and to provide insightful guidance for countries to deal with fast …

Objective To systematically assess the prevalence of frailty, including prefrailty, stratified
prevalence according to frailty criteria, gender, age, and region, and the risk factors for frailty …

Introduction Frailty is one of the greatest challenges facing our aging population, as it can
lead to adverse outcomes such as institutionalization, hospitalization, and mortality …

Background The associations of frailty with all-cause and cause-specific mortality remain
unclear. Therefore, we performed this meta-analysis to fill this gap. Methods We searched …

Background It is important to clarify the transitions and related factors of frailty for prevention
of frailty. We evaluated the transitions of frailty among community-dwelling older adults and …

This study aimed to synthesize frailty prevalence among community-dwelling older adults in
Asia and identify factors influencing prevalence estimates. Five electronic databases were …

Frailty is associated with multiple adverse health outcomes, including mortality. Several
methods have been used to characterize frailty, each based on different frailty scales. These …