Multimorbidity patterns and risk of frailty in older community-dwelling adults: a population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

the aim of this study was to examine the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of different multimorbidity patterns with physical frailty in older adults.

Methods

we used data from the Swedish National study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen to generate a physical frailty measure, and clusters of participants with similar multimorbidity patterns were identified through fuzzy c-means cluster analyses. The cross-sectional association (n = 2,534) between multimorbidity clusters and physical frailty was measured through logistic regression analyses. Six- (n = 2,122) and 12-year (n = 2,140) longitudinal associations were determined through multinomial logistic regression analyses.

Results

six multimorbidity patterns were identified at baseline: psychiatri

SUBMITTER: Tazzeo C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8581386 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature