ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
Socioeconomic Inequalities in Frailty in Hong Kong, China: A 14-Year Longitudinal Cohort Study.
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- Understanding the Causes of Frailty Using a Life-Course Perspective: A Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Monitoring socioeconomic inequalities in health in Hong Kong: insights and lessons from the UK and Australia.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2023Review
- Trajectories of Intrinsic Capacity: Determinants and Associations with Disability.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2023Article
- Social isolation, socioeconomic status, and development of functional impairments in Chinese older adults aged 70 years and over: a cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2023Article
- Mitigating inequalities in community care needs of older adults with dementia: a qualitative case study of an integrated model of community care operated under the proportionate universalism principle.BMC primary care · 2022Article
- Long-term tea consumption reduces the risk of frailty in older Chinese people: Result from a 6-year longitudinal study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Neighborhood Social Cohesion Associates with Loneliness Differently among Older People According to Subjective Social Status.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2021Article
- Understanding Frailty, Functional Health and Disability among Older Persons in India: A Decomposition Analysis of Gender and Place of Resident.Journal of research in health sciences · 2020Article
- Social Frailty Is Independently Associated with Mood, Nutrition, Physical Performance, and Physical Activity: Insights from a Theory-Guided Approach.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
The prevalence of frailty varies among socioeconomic groups. However, longitudinal data for the association between subjective social status and frailty is limited. In this study, we examined whether subjective social status was associated with incident frailty. Data were obtained from a 14-year cohort of Chinese men and women (N = 694) aged 65 years and older who participated in the MrOs study-a longitudinal study on osteoporosis and general health in Hong Kong. Subjective social status at baseline (2001-2003) was assessed using a 10-rung self-anchoring scale. Incident frailty at the 14-year follow-up (2015-2017) was defined as proposed by Fried and colleagues. Ordinal logistic regressions were used to examine the association between subjective social status (high, middle, or low) and incident frailty. After adjustment for age, sex, marital status, objective socioeconomic status, medical history, lifestyle, mental health, and cognitive function, subjective social status at baseline was negatively associated with risk of developing frailty over time (OR 2.3, 95% CI 1.2-4.6). In sex-stratified analysis, the social gradient in frailty was only found in men. Social inequality in frailty in men but not in women supports interventions specific to gender inequality and frailty.
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