SynthesisCardiovascular diabetology2019
Relationship between frailty and mortality, hospitalization, and cardiovascular diseases in diabetes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Association Between Frailty and Mortality, Falls and Hospitalisation Among Patients Undergoing Dialysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nursing open · 2025Pooled it
- The current state and development trends of frailty research in diabetic patients: a bibliometric analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Multidimensional frailty as a predictor of mortality among older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence and unfavorable outcome of frailty in older adults with gastric cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Association between Sarcopenia and Renal Function in Patients with Diabetes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of diabetes research · 2019Pooled it
- Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring in chronic heart failure: effects across clinically relevant subgroups in the MONITOR-HF trial.European heart journal · 2024Trial
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- The frailty mortality link in people with chronic diseases pertaining to 13 body organ systems: findings from the UK Biobank study.GeroScience · 2026Article
- Impact of frailty phenotype on chronic disease accumulation and healthy life years lost: A multi-state analysis of the UK Biobank.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2026Article
- Multidimensional associations of physical performance, balance, wellness and daily activities with frailty in older adults with coexisting frailty and diabetes.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Article
- Research progress on the diagnosis and pathogenesis of chronic heart failure combined with sarcopenia.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Review
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- Age-period-cohort decomposition and projections of the frailty index among older adults in China.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Risk Analysis Index Versus Modified Frailty Index: Outcomes After Otolaryngologic Surgery.The Laryngoscope · 2025Article
- Association of iodized salt intake with the risk of physical frailty in patients with type 2 diabetes.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2025Article
- Managing Diabetes in Older Adults: Current Approaches in Long-Term Care Facilities.Current diabetes reports · 2025Review
- Accelerometer-measured physical activity, frailty, and all-cause mortality and life expectancy among middle-aged and older adults: a UK Biobank longitudinal study.BMC medicine · 2025Article
- Association of frailty index with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality with different diabetic status: NHANES 1999-2018.Acta diabetologica · 2025Article
- Association between pre-stroke frailty status and post-stroke cognitive impairment in patients with acute large artery atherosclerotic cerebral infarction.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2025Article
- Cardiometabolic multimorbidity and frailty in middle-aged and older adults: a cross-nationally harmonized study.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn patients with diabetes, death and cardiovascular diseases are attributed to classical risk factors such as hypertension, dyslipidemia, and smoking habit, whereas these events are attributed to frailty in the remaining patients. In this meta-analysis, we examined the relationship between frailty and mortality, hospitalization, and cardiovascular diseases in patients with diabetes.
methodsLiterature search was conducted using databases such as MEDLINE, Cochrane Controlled Trials Registry, and ClinicalTrials.gov. Studies that examined the relationship between frailty and mortality, hospitalization, and cardiovascular disease and included hazard ratios (HRs), odds ratios (ORs), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were included. Statistical analysis was performed using a random effects model, and pooled HRs, pooled ORs, and 95% CIs were calculated.
resultsThe literature search extracted 8 studies (565,039 patients) that met our inclusion criteria, which were included in this meta-analysis. The pooled HR of prefrailty and frailty related to mortality was 1.09 (95% CI 1.01-1.17; P = 0.02) and 1.35 (95% CI 1.05-1.74; P = 0.02), respectively, indicating a significant relationship between them. The pooled OR of prefrailty and frailty related to hospitalization was 2.15 (95% CI 1.30-3.54; P = 0.003) and 5.18 (95% CI 2.68-9.99; P < 0.001), respectively, indicating a significant relationship. Although a significant relationship was found between frailty and cardiovascular diseases, we found only few related studies; thus, robust results could not be obtained.
conclusionsIn patients with diabetes, a significant relationship was observed between frailty and mortality and hospitalization. However, only few heterogeneous studies were included, warranting further examination.
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