Increasing Prevalence of Frailty and Its Association with Readmission and Mortality Among Hospitalized Patients with IBD.

Frailty, independent of age, comorbidities, and severity of admission, is associated with a higher risk of readmission and mortality among IBD patients, and is increasing in prevalence. Given frailty is a potentially modifiable risk factor, future studies prospectively assessing frailty within the IBD patient population are needed.