Association between heart diseases, social factors and physical frailty in community-dwelling older populations: The septuagenarians, octogenarians, nonagenarians investigation with centenarians study.
Nonglak KlinpudtanMai KabayamaYasuyuki GondoYukie MasuiYuya AkagiWerayuth SrithumsukEri KiyoshigeKayo GodaiKen SugimotoHiroshi AkasakaYoichi TakamiYasushi TakeyaKoichi YamamotoKazunori IkebeSaori YasumotoMadoka OgawaHiroki InagakiTatsuro IshizakiHiromi RakugiKei KamidePublished in: Geriatrics & gerontology international (2020)
Our findings indicate that in community-dwelling older people, heart diseases and social factors were associated with physical frailty. Older people with heart disease, those living alone and the frequency of direct interaction with relatives or friends were associated with physical frailty. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2020; 20: 974-979.