The Association between Frailty and Uncorrected Refractive Error in Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: Purpose: Uncorrected refractive error (URE) is the leading cause of impaired vision in older adults and has been associated with adverse health outcomes. Here, we investigate the association between URE and frailty in older adults.Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis of National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) participants ≥60 years (1999-2006 cycles). URE was defined as visual acuity worse than 6/12 that can be improved with correction, and prefrailty and frailty were defined as meeting 1-2 and ≥3 of 4 components of a modified physical frailty phenotype. The 5-item phenotype (including slowness) was analyzed in a subset of participants with available data. Propensity score adjustment was used to address the imbalance of potential confoun

SUBMITTER: Lee MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7080595 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature