Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in a Deficit Accumulation Frailty Index in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty status has been sparsely studied in some groups including Native Hawaiians and Asian Americans.

Methods

We developed a questionnaire-based deficit accumulation frailty index (FI) in the Multiethnic Cohort (MEC) and examined frailty status (robust, FI 0 to <0.2, prefrail, FI 0.2 to <0.35, and frail FI ≥ 0.35) among 29 026 men and 40 756 women.

Results

After adjustment for age, demographic, lifestyle factors, and chronic conditions, relative to White men, odds of being frail was significantly higher (34%-54%) among African American, Native Hawaiian, and other Asian American men, whereas odds was significantly lower (36%) in Japanese American men and did not differ in Latino men. However, among men who had high school or less, none of the groups displa

SUBMITTER: Wu AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11255091 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature