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ArticleCanadian geriatrics journal : CGJ2025

Physical, Psychological, Cognitive and Social Frailty Domains in Community-Dwelling Adults Aged 45-85: a Cross-sectional Analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Lauren E Griffith, Graciela Muniz Terrera, Edwin van den Heuvel, Jayati Khattar, David B Hogan, Megan O'Connell, Mélanie Levasseur, Parminder Raina

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Article in Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Lauren E GriffithDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Graciela Muniz TerreraHeritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA.
Edwin van den HeuvelDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
Jayati KhattarDalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
David B HoganCumming School of Medicine (Professor emeritus), University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Megan O'ConnellDepartment of Psychology & Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
Mélanie LevasseurSchool of Rehabilitation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Canada, & Research Center on Aging, Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l'Estrie-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Parminder RainaDepartment of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact and McMaster Institute for Research on Aging, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.

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Abstract

Background: Reported estimates of frailty prevalence vary considerably. At least partially attributable to differences in the conceptualization of frailty used, a better understanding of the inter-relationships among frailty domains could clarify contributors to the noted heterogeneity. Methods: A global frailty index (FI) created from baseline data on 30,097 Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging comprehensive cohort participants was used to define physical, psychological, cognitive, and social domain-specific FIs. These were divided into quintiles with the highest 20% (Q5) representing the frailest participants. Logistic regression was used to estimate the associations between age group and biological sex with domain-specific FIs in unadjusted and adjusted (income, smoking status, nutritional risk, physical activity, social participation, interaction between sex and age group) models. The association between Q5 membership among the frailty domains was estimated using polychoric correlation coefficients. Results: The prevalence of physical and cognitive frailty increased with age, but psychological frailty decreased, especially in males. Social frailty showed gradual increases with age in females that were only evident in the oldest age group (75-85) among men. The age-groups*sex interaction Conclusion: We found that domain-specific frailty prevalences differed by age group and sex with low associations among frailty domains, particularly at older ages. Understanding the evolution of these findings could be instrumental in developing tailored interventions to prevent frailty or modify its trajectory.

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Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA)cognitive frailtyfrailty domainsphysical frailtypsychological frailtysocial frailty

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PMCPMC12646700

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