OBJECTIVES: To investigate the relationship between frailty and the @entity209 and to evaluate how these contribute to mortality in very old @entity1 . DESIGN: Secondary analysis of data from the Project of Longevity and Aging in Dujiangyan. SETTING: Community sample from Sichuan Province, China. @entity1 : @entity1 aged 90+ years (n=767; baseline age=93.7  3.4 years; 68.0% @entity1 . MEASUREMENTS: After a baseline health assessment, @entity1 were followed for four years (54.0% died). A frailty index (FI) was calculated as the sum of deficits present, divided by the 35 health-related deficits considered. Relationships between the FI and the @entity209 were tested; their effect on @entity204 was examined. RESULTS: The mean FI was 0.26   0.11. Higher FI scores were associated with a greater risk of @entity204 , adjusted for age, sex, education, and @entity209 items. The hazard ratio was 1.03 (95% confidence interval 1.02, 1.04) for each 1% percent increase of the FI. The mortality risk did not change with the @entity209 (odds ratio=0.99; 0.71-1.36). CONCLUSIONS: In the oldest old, frailty was a significant risk for near-term @entity204 , regardless of the @entity209 . Even using age-adjusted models, the epidemiology of late life illness may need to account for frailty routinely.

Understanding Risk in the Oldest Old: Frailty and the XXXX in a Chinese Community Sample Aged 90+ Years.

@entity209 :: ('MESH:D008659', 'Disease') :: ['metabolic syndrome'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people', 'People'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['death']
@entity209 :: (MESH:D008659,Disease) :: ['Metabolic Syndrome']
