Anthropometric Measures and Frailty Prediction in the Elderly: An Easy-to-Use Tool.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Anthropometry is a useful tool for assessing some risk factors for frailty. Thus, the aim of this study was to verify the discriminatory performance of anthropometric measures in identifying frailty in the elderly and to create an easy-to-use tool.

Methods

Cross-sectional study: a subset from the Multidimensional Study of the Elderly in the Family Health Strategy (EMI-SUS) evaluating 538 older adults. Individuals were classified using the Fried Phenotype criteria, and 26 anthropometric measures were obtained. The predictive ability of anthropometric measures in identifying frailty was identified through logistic regression and an artificial neural network. The accuracy of the final models was assessed with an ROC curve.

Results

The final model comprised the fo

SUBMITTER: Closs VE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5735592 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature