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Digital exclusion linked to frailty in older Chinese adults
A two-year observational study of 10,216 older adults in China linked full digital exclusion to new frailty, reporting a relative risk of 1.42.A two-year observational study of 10,216 older adults in China linked full digital exclusion to new frailty, reporting a relative risk of 1.42.
Preprint: cohort · 7,296 peoplePopulations
Who was studied7,296 initially non-frail older Chinese adults, two-year follow-up
What changedOlder adults with full digital exclusion had higher frailty risk than digitally engaged adults (adjusted relative risk 1.42)
The catchUnmeasured early-life circumstances could explain part of the association