Diabetes and Risk of Frailty and Its Potential Mechanisms: A Prospective Cohort Study of Older Adults
Diabetes and Risk of Frailty and Its Potential Mechanisms: A Prospective Cohort Study of Older Adults
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jamda.2015.04.008
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发表时间:
2015-09-01
影响因子:
7.6
通讯作者:
Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando
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Garcia-Esquinas, Esther;Graciani, Auxiliadora;Rodriguez-Artalejo, Fernando
Background: There is emerging evidence of the role of diabetes as a risk factor for frailty. However, the mechanisms of this association are uncertain.Methods: Prospective cohort study of 1750 noninstitutionalized individuals aged 60 years or older recruited in 2008-2010. At baseline, information was obtained on health behaviors, morbidity, cardiometabolic biomarkers, and antidiabetic treatments. Individuals were considered diabetic if they reported a physician diagnosis or had fasting serum glucose of 126 mg/dL or higher. Study participants were followed through 2012 to assess incident frailty, defined as at least 3 of the 5 Fried criteria.Results: At baseline, the cohort included 346 individuals with diabetes and 1404 without diabetes. Over a mean 3.5-year follow-up, 115 cases of incident frailty were ascertained. After adjustment for age, sex, and education, participants with diabetes showed an increased risk of frailty (odds ratio [OR] 2.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.42-3.37). Additional adjustment for health behaviors and abdominal obesity yielded a 29.7% reduction in the OR (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.16-2.90). Subsequent adjustment for morbidity produced an additional 8.4% reduction (OR 1.76, 95% CI 1.10-2.82), and for cardiometabolic biomarkers, a further 44% reduction (OR 1.32, 95% CI 0.70-2.49). In particular, adjustment for HbA1c, lipoproteins, and triglycerides accounted for the greatest reductions. Finally, additional adjustment for oral antidiabetic medication reduced the OR to 1.01 (95% CI 0.46-2.20), whereas adjustment for nutritional therapy increased the OR to 1.64 (95% CI 0.77-3.49).Conclusions: Diabetes mellitus is associated with higher risk of frailty; this association is partly explained by unhealthy behaviors and obesity and, to a greater extent, by poor glucose control and altered serum lipid profile among diabetic individuals. Conversely, diabetes nutritional therapy reduces the risk of frailty. (C) 2015 AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine.