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Objective: Frailty is recognised as an emerging public health priority. However, there is still a lack of large-sample, well-designed clinical observational studies investigating frailty status among multidistrict community-dwelling older adults in Shanghai. Therefore, this study aims to establish a large-sample prospective cohort in Shanghai, investigate the frailty status of multidistrict community-dwelling older adults, analyse the characteristics of the frail population and explore potential risk factors for frailty in older adults.
Design: The present study was a cross-sectional analysis embedded within an ongoing prospective population-based cohort study.
Setting And Participants: A total of 2950 residents (≥65 years) from 9 subdistricts were recruited.
Measures: We used a stratified cluster random sampling method to obtain a representative sample of older adults in Shanghai. All participants completed paper questionnaires during face-to-face interviews and underwent physical examinations conducted by the investigation team.
Results: Our results showed that the overall age-standardised prevalence of frailty was 9.91% (95% CI 9.50% to 10.31%). Prevalence was 8.30% (95% CI 6.84% to 9.76%) in men and 9.93% (95% CI 8.85% to 11.01%) in women. Advancing age, female sex, lower education level and comorbidities were significantly associated with frailty among community-dwelling older adults.
Conclusions: Clinical and public health efforts to reduce the burden of frailty in China should devote greater attention to older women, particularly those with multiple comorbidities, and prioritise community-based frailty screening and prevention initiatives.
Trial Registration Number: ChiCTR2000039491.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095371 | DOI Listing |
Int Urogynecol J
September 2025
Division of Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Magee-Womens Hospital, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
Introduction And Hypothesis: Aging may place patients at greater risk for adverse perioperative outcomes. We hypothesized that women undergoing minimally invasive (MIS) sacrocolpopexy aged ≥ 70 years are more likely to experience adverse events (AE) within 8 weeks of surgery.
Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of a retrospective study on perioperative adverse events in women ≥ 61 years old undergoing prolapse surgery at a single academic center from January 2016 to May 2023.
Front Cardiovasc Med
August 2025
Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Prevention and Control Section, Jiangsu Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanjing, China.
Background: Identifying and understanding different dyslipidemia patterns is crucial for maintaining the cardiovascular health of older adults. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the dyslipidemia profiles of the elderly population from communities in an Eastern Chinese province, focusing on dyslipidemia subtypes and patterns, and exploring the associated demographic and health-related factors.
Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in communities in an Eastern Chinese province.
Sleep Adv
July 2025
Division of General Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States.
Study Objectives: Circulating non-esterified fatty acids (NEFAs) have been associated with impaired glucose metabolism but their modifiable determinants remain uncertain. We sought to determine the association between objectively-measured sleep disordered breathing (SDB), which is also associated with dysglycemia, and NEFA levels among community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: We analyzed 787 older adults who had total fasting and post-load NEFAs measured in 1996-1997 in the Cardiovascular Health Study and underwent polysomnography between 1995 and 1997 in the Sleep Heart Health Study.
Public Opin Q
August 2025
Professor, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, US.
The WHO defined age-friendly cities (AFCs) as places with policies, services, settings, and structures that enable people to age in place. Although AFCs have gained attention recently, little is known about the applicability of age-friendly domains to low-income cities. We conducted flexible semistructured interviews with 28 adults aged 65 and older who had lived in New Jersey cities with high poverty rates and low median incomes for at least 15 years.
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September 2025
Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Background: Poor hand dexterity may increase the risk of functional disability; however, few studies have examined the relationship between hand dexterity and incident functional disability. The aim of this study was to prospectively investigate the dose-response association of hand dexterity with incident functional disability in community-dwelling older adults.
Methods: This study included 1,069 older adults aged ≥65 years in Kasama City, Japan.