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Relationship between chronic kidney disease without diabetes mellitus and components of frailty in community‐dwelling Japanese older adults
Author(s) -
Lee Sungchul,
Lee Sangyoon,
Bae Seongryu,
Harada Kazuhiro,
Jung Songee,
Imaoka Masakazu,
Makizako Hyuma,
Doi Takehiko,
Shimada Hiroyuki
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
geriatrics and gerontology international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.823
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1447-0594
pISSN - 1444-1586
DOI - 10.1111/ggi.13180
Subject(s) - medicine , renal function , diabetes mellitus , kidney disease , confounding , weight loss , sarcopenia , gerontology , obesity , endocrinology
Aim To evaluate the relationship between kidney function without diabetes and components of the frailty phenotype in community‐dwelling Japanese older adults. Methods Participants were 8343 residents who completed baseline assessments, classified into four categories according to eGFR. Frailty status was defined using five criteria: (i) slow gait speed; (ii) muscle weakness; (iii) low physical activity; (iv) exhaustion; and (v) unintentional weight loss. Results After multivariate adjustment, participants with the lowest kidney function were at higher risk of frailty (OR 1.57, 95% CI 1.02–3.50) than those with normal kidney function. In addition, after adjustment for multiple confounders, estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 was associated with a greater risk of the individual frailty components of weight loss (OR 2.14, 95% CI 1.11–4.12), low physical activity (OR 1.35, 95% CI, 1.01–2.54) and slowness (OR 1.82, 95% CI 1.36–3.77) compared with estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥60. Conclusions Lower kidney function was associated with a higher risk of weight loss, low physical activity and slowness among community‐dwelling Japanese older adults. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2018; 18: 286–292 .