Frailty in hypertensive population and its association with all-cause mortality: data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between frailty and all-cause mortality in hypertensive population.

Methods

We used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) 1999-2002 and mortality data from the National Death Index. Frailty was assessed using the revised version of the Fried frailty criteria (weakness, exhaustion, low physical activity, shrinking, and slowness). This study aimed to evaluate the association between frailty and all-cause mortality. Cox proportional hazard models were used to evaluate the association between frailty category and all-cause mortality, adjusted for age, sex, race, education, poverty-income ratio, smoking, alcohol, diabetes, arthritis, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, stro

SUBMITTER: Li L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10167047 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature