How Much Intake of Sodium Is Good for Frailty?: The Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Study (KFACS).

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to determine how sodium intake can affect frailty, but not anorexia, in community-dwelling older adults in Korea.

Design

This was a cross-sectional study.

Setting

The study used data from the Korean Frailty and Aging Cohort Survey (KFACS), a multi-center longitudinal study addressing 10 centers across urban, rural, and suburban communities in Korea, between 2016 and 2017.

Participants

A total of 954 older adults who underwent both 24-hour dietary recall assessment and physical function test during the first-year baseline investigation of the KFACS.

Measurements

Frailty was determined according to the Fried frailty index (FFI).

Results

Of the 954 participants, 461 (48.3%) were male and the mean age was 76.3 years

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12280417 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature