Association between frailty and chronic constipation and chronic diarrhea among American older adults: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study was to explore the relationship between chronic constipation, chronic diarrhea, and frailty in older Americans.

Methods

This cross-sectional study selected a total of 4241 community-dwelling individuals aged 60 years and older from the 2005-2010 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Frailty was measured using a 49-item frailty index, and a frailty index > 0.21 was defined as a frail status. Chronic constipation and chronic diarrhea were defined as the "usual or most common type of stool" by the Bristol Stool Form Scale (BSFS) Types 1 and 2 and BSFS Types 6 and 7, respectively. Weighted logistic regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between gut health and frailty status. Restricted cubic spline (RCS) curves were built to as

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10647084 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature