Objective To systematically review the research conducted on prevalence of frailty and
prefrailty among community-dwelling older adults in low-income and middle-income …

Frailty is common and associated with poorer outcomes in the elderly, but its role as
potential cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factor requires clarification. We thus aimed to …

Frailty is a state of vulnerability and a consequence of cumulative decline in multiple
physiological systems over a lifespan. The occurrence of frailty depends on deterioration in …

Background Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) have experienced a rapid
increase in their proportion of older people. This region is marked by a high prevalence of …

Objective To review the association between hypertension and frailty in observational
studies. Design A systematic review of the PubMed, Web of Science and Embase databases …

The concept of frailty syndrome (FS) was first described in the scientific literature three
decades ago. For a very long time, we understood it as a geriatric problem, recently …

Abstract Background The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) is widely used to
predict negative health-related outcomes in older adults. However, the cutoff point for the …

Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) affect 60% of people over 60 years of age and are one of
the main causes of death in the world. Diagnosed cardiovascular disease also triples the …

Background Coexistence of frailty and chronic diseases including diabetes is related to a
higher risk of adverse health outcomes. There is an increasing interest in the intersection of …

Prevalence of sarcopenia is high in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), especially
in those with dialysis. Various pathological conditions related to CKD, such as chronic …