Open AccessFrailty in Older Patients Undergoing Hemodialysis and Its Association with All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Yifan Guo,
Ru Tian,
Pengpeng Ye,
Yang Luo
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s357582
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , hemodialysis , proportional hazards model , prospective cohort study , diabetes mellitus , logistic regression , cohort study , cohort , dialysis , confidence interval , endocrinology
The study aimed to determine the prevalence and risk factors of frailty among a Chinese cohort of hemodialysis patients and to assess the degree to which frailty was associated with all-cause mortality.