Sarah Collette-Robert, Florent Guerville, Teddy Novais, Elodie Pongan, Emmanuel Morelon, Julien Vernaudon, Eloïse Francq, Lionel Couzi, Isabelle Bourdel-Marchasson, Sophie Caillard, Romain Pszczolinski, Damien Heitz, Thomas Gilbert, Antoine Garnier-Crussard
OBJECTIVE: Frailty has been extensively studied in end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and kidney transplant (KT) patients. The identification of frailty is useful to predict adverse outcomes among ESKD and KT patients. The recent concept of intrinsic capacity (IC) appears as a good and easy-to-understand tool to screen for and monitor frailty in older adults with ESKD. This study aims to assess the relationships between frailty and IC in older adults with ESKD awaiting KT. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS: 236 patients from a day-care geriatric unit undergoing pre-KT geriatric assessment between 2017 and 2022 were included in the main sample, and 151 patients in an independent multicentric replication sample...
April 20, 2024: Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging