Association of multimorbidity patterns and order of physical frailty and cognitive impairment occurrence: a prospective cohort study
Our findings highlight the etiological heterogeneity between physical frailty and CI. Clinician should be aware of multimorbidity clusters and thus provide more effective strategies for comorbid older adults to prevent the onset of these two geriatric syndromes.
Authors
- Qirong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1908-290X)
- Hongyu Sun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5926-4495)
- Minhui Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4554-3135)
- Qianyuan Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5983-5079)
- Qian‐Li Xue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8818-7444)
- Chongmei Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6794-0724)
- Jianzhong Hu
- Shanshan Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3881-0087)
- Shuomin Wang
Institutions
- Central South University (CN)
- Hong Kong Polytechnic University (HK)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Peking University (CN)
- Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)
- National Clinical Research (US)
- Ningxia Medical University (CN)
- Xiangya Hospital Central South University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Age and Ageing
- Published
- 2025-03-28
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf101
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.12
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China