Associations Between Obesity and Multidimensional Frailty in Older Chinese People with Hypertension.

Xiaoyue Song Weihong Zhang Cynthia Hallensleben Anke VersluisRianne van der KleijZongliang JiangNiels Henrik Chavannes Robbert J J Gobbens

Published in: Clinical interventions in aging (2020)

Multidimensional frailty was highly prevalent among Chinese community-dwelling older people with hypertension. Abdominal obesity could be a concern in physical frailty, psychological frailty, and social frailty, while general obesity was concerning in relation to physical frailty.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
insulin resistance
metabolic syndrome
weight loss
type diabetes
blood pressure
mental health
physical activity
high fat diet induced
weight gain
body mass index
skeletal muscle
depressive symptoms