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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7053645 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yan Y Xu Xiu-Juan XJ Lian Ting-Yu TY Huang Ling-Feng LF Zeng Jin-Mei JM Liang Dong-Mei DM Yin Ming-Juan MJ Huang Jing-Xiao JX Xiu Liang-Chang LC Yu Zu-Wei ZW Li Yu-Lian YL Mao Chen C Ni Jin-Dong JD
Aging 20200116 2
In order to explore frailty subtypes and find their associated risk factors, we conducted cross-sectional surveys of 5,341 seniors aged 60 and over in China using the Frailty Index (FI) scale. We identified four frailty subtypes, namely multi-frail, cognitive and functionally frail, psychologically frail and physiologically frail. Old age and low education level were the common risk factors among the four subtypes. Being widowed, divorced or unmarried was a risk factor for multi-frail, cognitive ...[more]