Cognitive impairment and low physical activity are the components of frailty more strongly associated with disability

• Published in: The Journal of nutrition, health & aging Vol. 15; no. 8; pp. 683 - 689
• Main Authors: Ávila-Funes, José Alberto, Pina-Escudero, S.D., Aguilar-Navarro, S., Gutierrez-Robledo, L.M., Ruiz-Arregui, L., Amieva, Hélène
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Paris Elsevier Masson SAS 01.10.2011; Springer-Verlag; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Aging; Cognition; Cognition Disorders; Cognitive ability; cognitive impairment; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dementia; disability; Disabled Persons; Exercise; Female; Frail Elderly - psychology; Frailty; Genotype & phenotype; Geriatric Assessment; Geriatrics; Geriatrics/Gerontology; Humans; Hypotheses; JNHA: Frailty and Cognitive Decline; Logistic Models; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mexico; Multivariate Analysis; Muscle Weakness; Neurosciences; Nutrition; physical activity; Physical Endurance; Physical Exertion; Physical Fitness; Primary Care Medicine; Quality of Life Research; Questionnaires; Sociodemographics; Weight Loss; Mexico; France; Frailty; cognitive impairment; disability; physical activity
• ISSN: 1279-7707; 1760-4788; 1760-4788
• DOI: 10.1007/s12603-011-0111-8

To determine the association of the five frailty criteria from the Cardiovascular Health Study, as well as cognitive impairment, with prevalent disability for the instrumental (IADL) and basic activities of daily living (ADL). Cross-sectional study of 475 community-dwelling subjects aged 70 and olde...