The Influence of Lifestyle Behaviors on the Incidence of Frailty.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Frailty is a clinical state defined as an increase in an individual's vulnerability to developing adverse health-related outcomes.

Objectives

We propose that healthy behaviors could lower the incidence of frailty. The aim is to describe the association between healthy behaviors (physical activity, vaccination, tobacco use, and cancer screening) and the incidence of frailty.

Design

This is a secondary longitudinal analysis of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) cohort.

Setting

MHAS is a population-based cohort, of community-dwelling Mexican older adults. With five assessments currently available, for purposes of this work, 2012 and 2015 waves were used.

Participants

A total of 6,087 individuals 50-year or older were included.

Measureme

SUBMITTER: Borda MG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9238362 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature