ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Nutr.
Sec. Nutrition, Psychology and Brain Health
Volume 12 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2025.1611914
This article is part of the Research TopicNutrition and Aging: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Address Nutritional Deficiencies and their Impact on Health OutcomesView all articles
Risk Prediction Model of Frailty and Its Associated Factors in Older Adults: a Cross-sectional Study in Anhui Province, China
Provisionally accepted
- 1School of Education Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
- 2School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
- 3Department of Hemodialysis, The First AffiliatedHospital of Wannan Medical College ( Yijishan Hospital ofWannan Medical College), Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
- 4The First Affiliated Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, Anhui Province, China
- 5Department of Party Affairs, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wannan Medical College (Yijishan Hospital of Wannan Medical College), Wuhu, China
- 6Zhenjiang Third People's Hospital, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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In the context of aging in China, frailty has become a major public health challenge, placing an enormous economic burden on the society and families. Frailty can trigger significant adverse impact and serious consequences on the physical and mental health among older adults. It highlights an urgent requirement for concerning the issue of frailty among older adults. Accordingly, the present study was conducted to identify potential risk factors and develop a validated risk predictive model for frailty in older Chinese adults.
Keywords: Frailty, older adults, Prediction model, Anhui Province (China), Cross-sectional study
Received: 15 Apr 2025; Accepted: 23 Jun 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Zhang, Qin, Liu, Tao, Zhou, Mei and Zou. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence:
Ming Zhang, School of Education Sciences, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China
Shengqiang Zou, Zhenjiang Third People's Hospital, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, China
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