Associations of changes in frailty with multiple chronic diseases in middle aged and elderly adults
Different changes in frailty status are associated with different risks of new-onset chronic diseases. Progression of frailty status increases risks of almost all chronic diseases, while recovery of frailty status decreases risks of approximately half of all chronic diseases.
Authors
- Tianci Yao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9193-6696)
- Wen‐Qing Lu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5400-7185)
- Xiaoyun Guang
- Guangyu Gao
- Jia Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5684-9594)
- Chengyun Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1610-5929)
- Kun Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6855-8743)
- Xinyue Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8612-157X)
- Hao Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-0930-2251)
- Xiaofang Zhao
- Bei Song (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0412-6471)
- Haohui Fan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-1800-1713)
Institutions
- Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (CN)
- Wuhan Union Hospital (CN)
- Yueyang Hospital (CN)
- Union Hospital (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25872-6
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00