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Association between thyroid hormone levels and frailty in an older inpatient cohort: a cross-sectional study

Author(s) -

Liu Yang,

Qin Sun,

Min Zhang,

Min Ren,

Ping Chen,

Ting Liang

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

annals of palliative medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.546

H-Index - 19

eISSN - 2224-5839

pISSN - 2224-5820

DOI - 10.21037/apm-21-1102

Subject(s) - medicine , cross sectional study , cohort , cohort study , thyroid , thyroid hormones , hormone , association (psychology) , gerontology , pediatrics , pathology , philosophy , epistemology

Frailty is a common biological syndrome in elderly people, and the aging process regulates thyroid function. The present study aimed to determine the prevalence of frailty in an older inpatient cohort using the FRAIL scale and to evaluate the association of frailty with thyroid hormone levels.

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