Association between frailty and hypoproteinaemia in older patients: meta-analysis and systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Frailty and hypoproteinaemia are common in older individuals. Although there is evidence of a correlation between frailty and hypoproteinaemia, the relationship between frailty and hypoproteinaemia in hospitalized/critically ill and older community residents has not been clarified. Therefore, the aim of our meta-analysis was to evaluate the associations between frailty and hypoproteinaemia in different types of patients.

Methods

A systematic retrieval of articles published in the PubMed, Embase, Medline, Web of Science, Cochrane, Wanfang, and CNKI databases from their establishment to April 2024 was performed to search for studies on the associations between severity of frailty or prefrailty and hypoproteinaemia in older adults. The Newcastle‒Ottawa Scale and the A

SUBMITTER: Zhang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11329991 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature