Polypharmacy Is Associated with Frailty, Nutritional Risk and Chronic Disease in Chilean Older Adults: Remarks from PIEI-ES Study.

Diego AraunaAlvaro CerdaJosé Francisco García-GarcíaSergio WehingerFelipe Castro Diego MendezMarcelo AlarcónEduardo FuentesIván Palomo

Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2020)

Frailty and chronic conditions as nutritional risk, obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and respiratory disease are an important risk factor for the development of polypharmacy in Chilean older adults. Likewise, polypharmacy condition was observed to be a risk factor for frailty, demonstrating the bidirectional relationship between both conditions. Frailty syndrome evaluation in Chilean older adults could be an important alternative for polypharmacy prevention.

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type diabetes
community dwelling
physical activity
adverse drug
insulin resistance
blood pressure
weight loss
cardiovascular disease
emergency department
skeletal muscle