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When comorbid conditions worsen, are not adequately treated, and/or more diseases are accumulated, these patients may develop frailty.
It is known that diabetic patientswith macrovascular complications are more susceptible to develop frailty, which, in turn, is associated with increased mortality [ 8].
The participants were between 84 95 years, were beginning to develop frailty or were frail, and had varied home help service (Table 1).
Vitamin D not only is associated with frailty but also appears to be associated with an increased risk to develop frailty over time in women.
At follow-up, individuals who were found to have developed frailty were also twice as likely to have developed new-onset diabetes as those who did not develop frailty.
Through these mechanisms, older adults with diabetes may be more likely to develop frailty (22), a clinical condition in which an older individual is coping just above the disability threshold but is liable to become disabled in response to a physiological or psychological stressor.
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To assess the validity and responsiveness of the FRAIL scale in middle-aged women, who are a group at high risk of developing frailty.
Other population studies have developed frailty measures using principal component analysis (PCA) [ 13, 41, 42].
Furthermore, we found that these scores stratified the risk of developing frailty.
The study addresses very old (80+) elderly persons that are on the point of developing frailty ("pre-frail").
Despite different methodologies and frailty criteria used, four of the five studies consistently showed baseline smoking was significantly associated with developing frailty or worsening frailty status at follow-up.
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