ArticleThe Journal of frailty & aging2020
Reported Weight Change in Older Adults and Presence of Frailty.
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- Body weight and BMI variability linked to dementia risk: A meta-analysis.Biomolecules & biomedicine · 2025Pooled it
- Causes of sarcopenia and frailty in people taking GLP1RAs.Nature reviews. Endocrinology · 2026Article
- Assessing frailty in aged zebrafish using a quick pseudo-frailty index.Biology open · 2026Article
- One-year body weight loss and gain as independent predictors of frailty-related outcomes and mortality in an aging Japanese population.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Smoking cessation, weight change, and incidence and progression of frailty: A longitudinal analysis of the US Health and Retirement Study.Tobacco induced diseases · 2026Article
- High-Accuracy Indoor Positioning and Smart Home Technologies for Assessing and Monitoring Frailty in Older Adults.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Frailty in Pulmonary Hypertension: A Multidimensional Comorbidity.Annals of the American Thoracic Society · 2025Review
- Predictive Value of Frailty, Comorbidity, and Patient-Reported Measures for Hospitalization or Death in Older Outpatients: Quality of Life and Depression as Prognostic Red Flags.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Body weight trajectories from midlife are associated with cognitive decline in advanced age.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- The effect of community health nurse-led multi-faceted group-based frailty prevention program for older adults: a multi-site pretest-posttest design.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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- Association between weight change in adulthood and risk of frailty among middle-aged and older adults: a cross-sectional study from NHANES.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2025Article
- Assessment of frailty in patients with heart failure: A new Heart Failure Frailty Score developed by Delphi consensus.ESC heart failure · 2025Article
- Relationship between decreased activities of daily living, decreased physical strength and future weight loss in community-dwelling older adults.Geriatrics & gerontology international · 2025Article
- The Relationship Between a Mediterranean Diet and Frailty in Older Adults: NHANES 2007-2017.Nutrients · 2025Article
- From geriatric assessment to inflammation. A pilot, observational, study about frailty components in older patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Article
- Intake of vegetables and fruits at midlife and the risk of physical frailty in later life.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2024Article
- High cotinine levels as an associated factor with frailty status in older adults: evidence from the NHANES study.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Diet quality from mid to late life and its association with physical frailty in late life in a cohort of Chinese adults.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- The Weight of Trauma: Navigating Collider Stratification Bias in the Association Between Childhood Maltreatment and Adult Body Mass Index.CJC pediatric and congenital heart disease · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveA 5% change in weight is a significant predictor for frailty and obesity. We ascertained how self-reported weight change over the lifespan impacts rates of frailty in older adults.
methodsWe identified 4,984 subjects ≥60 years with body composition measures from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. An adapted version of Fried's frailty criteria was used as the primary outcome. Self-reported weight was assessed at time current,1 and 10 years earlier and at age 25. Weight changes between each time point were categorized as ≥ 5%, ≤5% or neutral. Logistic regression assessed the impact of weight change on the outcome of frailty.
resultsAmong 4,984 participants, 56.5% were female, mean age was 71.1 years, and mean BMI was 28.2kg/m2. A weight loss of ≥ 5% had a higher association with frailty compared to current weight, age 25 (OR 2.94 [1.72,5.02]), 10 years ago (OR 1.68 [1.05,2.69]), and 1 year ago (OR 1.55 [1.02,2.36]). Weight gain in the last year was associated with increased rate of frailty (1.59 [1.09,2.32]).
conclusionThere is an association between frailty and reported weight loss over time while only weight gain in the last year has an association with frailty.
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