Association between anemia and frailty in 13,175 community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older in China.

Ye RuanYanfei GuoPaul KowalYe LuChazhen LiuShuangyuan SunZhezhou HuangYang ZhengWenjing WangGan LiYan ShiFan Wu

Published in: BMC geriatrics (2019)

Anemia and low hemoglobin concentrations were significantly associated with frailty. Therefore, health care professionals caring for older adults should increase screening, assessment of causes and treatment of anemia as one method of avoiding, delaying or even reversing frailty.

Keyphrases

community dwelling
iron deficiency
chronic kidney disease
healthcare
physical activity
social media
smoking cessation