Sex Differences in Comorbidity and Frailty in Europe.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine sex differences in prevalent comorbidity and frailty across age and European regions.

Methods

This is a cross-sectional study based on 113,299 Europeans aged 50+ participating in the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe from 2004-2005 to 2015. Sex differences in the Comorbidity Index and the Frailty Phenotype were investigated using ordinal logistic regressions.

Results

European women had generally higher odds of prevalent comorbidity (OR 1.11, 95% CI 1.07-1.15) and frailty (OR 1.56, 95% CI 1.51-1.62). Sex differences increased with advancing age. No overall sex difference in comorbidity was found in Western Europe, but women had more comorbidity than men in Eastern (OR 1.30, 95% CI 1.18-1.44), Southern (OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.15-1.30), a

SUBMITTER: Ahrenfeldt LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7237816 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature