Changyuan Yang, Cuixia Xiao, Jiahao Zeng, Ruolan Duan, Xitao Ling, Jiamei Qiu, Qin Li, Xindong Qin, La Zhang, Jiasheng Huang, Jiawei He, Yifan Wu, Xusheng Liu, Haijing Hou, Bengt Lindholm, Fuhua Lu, Guobin Su
AIM: Frailty is common and is reported to be associated with adverse outcomes in patients with chronic diseases in Western countries. However, the prevalence of frailty remains unclear in individuals with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in China. We examined the prevalence of frailty and factors associated with frailty in patients with CKD. METHODS: This was a cross-sectional analysis of 177 adult patients (mean age 54 ± 15 years, 52% men) with CKD from the open cohort entitled Physical Evaluation and Adverse outcomes for patients with chronic Kidney disease IN Guangdong (PEAKING)...
August 9, 2023: International Urology and Nephrology