AUG 10, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Relationship between cardiometabolic alterations and frailty in Brazilian urban and rural older adults.
Journal of Diabetes and Metabolic Disorders
Cross-sectional analysis of a large nationally representative cohort confirming the known association between cardiometabolic burden and frailty in older adults, with a dose-response pattern but no causal inference or novel intervention.
Important Confirmatory EvidenceDébora Carvalho FerreiraJérsica Martins BittencourtAndréia Queiroz Ribeiro
Reported
Prevalence of pre-frailty58.3%
Prevalence of frailty12.3%
Sample size4368