Diabetes and Risk of Frailty and Its Potential Mechanisms: A Prospective Cohort Study of Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 748-754

  García Esquinas, Esther ^a   Graciani, Auxiliadora ^a   Guallar Castillón, Pilar ^a   López García, Esther ^a   Rodríguez Mañas, Leocadio ^b   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE GETAFE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Frailty; Older adults; Spain; Walking speed

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; CHOLESTEROL OXIDASE; GLYCEROL 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; BLOOD; COMORBIDITY; FRAIL ELDERLY; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SPAIN;

AGED; BIOMARKERS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 84940446680     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2015.04.008     Document Type: Article

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