Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Frailty linked to multiple heart, blood-vessel or metabolic diseases
Higher versus lower frailty scores were linked to multiple heart, blood-vessel or metabolic diseases, with a hazard ratio—a relative rate measure—of 1.33.Higher versus lower frailty scores were linked to multiple heart, blood-vessel or metabolic diseases, with a hazard ratio—a relative rate measure—of 1.33.

Cohort · 25,876 peopleBiomarkers
Who was studied25,876 adults free of cardiometabolic multimorbidity at baseline
What changedHigher frailty scores were linked to developing multiple heart, blood-vessel or metabolic diseases (hazard ratio 1.33)
The catchOther health differences between participants could contribute to the frailty–disease link