Association between diabetes and frailty, and the moderating role of sex in that association in older adults of the ELSA-Brasil study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to investigate the association of diabetes and its duration with frailty and evaluate the moderating effect of sex on that association in older adults.

Methods

This cross-sectional study used data from the third visit (2017-2019) of the Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto (ELSA-Brasil), a multicentre cohort of Brazilian civil servants. The data included were from 4886 participants aged ≥ 60 years. Diabetes was identified on the basis of self-reported diagnosis or laboratory test values. Frailty was evaluated on frailty phenotype criteria. Associations were estimated by way of multinomial regression models.

Results

Adjusted final models showed that older adults classified as having diabetes were 116% more likely to show frailty, and 27% more likely to show

SUBMITTER: Barbosa EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12757626 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature