Associations between type 2 diabetes mellitus and risk of falls among community-dwelling elderly people in Guangzhou, China: a prospective cohort study
Falls are common, with risks between T2DM and falls quantified and several factors investigated in the longitudinal cohort study among community-dwelling elderly people in Guangzhou, China. Targeted action on the risk factors may reduce the burden of falls in elderly people with T2DM in the future.
Authors
- Yue Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8553-3444)
- Liying Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-6695)
- Xiangyi Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6822-472X)
- Lexin Yuan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5367-3792)
- Weiquan Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0484-1715)
- Jingya Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1498-2693)
- Qin Zhou
- Chang Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9410-1878)
- Hui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2343-7008)
- Ying-Xin Liao
- Minying Sun
- Siyu Sun
Institutions
- Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CN)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- Guangzhou Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Geriatrics
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-024-05314-5
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.44
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China