# Frailty Markers Predict 20-Year Death Risk in Older Chinese Adults

- **Evidenzniveau**: Strong
- **Zeitschrift**: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences
- **Stichprobengröße**: 4,000 older Chinese adults (mean age 72.5)
- **Veröffentlicht**: 2026-03-13
- **Themen**: frailty, mortality, aging biomarkers
- **Originalquelle**: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41830155/

## Zusammenfassung

In about 4,000 older Hong Kong adults tracked for nearly two decades, frailty measures strongly predicted who would die and from what cause. Being frail was linked to a 66% higher risk of death compared to being fit. Adding blood-based markers like inflammation and kidney function to frailty scores slightly improved predictions. One surprise: none of the biological aging markers predicted cancer deaths specifically.

## Praktisches Fazit

This study suggests frailty assessments could help identify older adults at higher mortality risk.

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