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## Background Frailty is an emerging public health concern among aging populations. Although socioeconomic status is a well-known contributor to frailty, there is limited research investigating the effects of poverty on frailty. This study aimed to examine the association between poverty transitions and frailty prevalence in older adults. ## Methods Data were collected from the six-wave Korean Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2006–2016). A total of 9263 middle-aged and older adults were included in the analysis. Poverty was defined as being below 50% of the median household income based on the equivalized household. Frailty was measured using an instrument comprising items on physical phenotype (grip strength) and psychological (exhaustion) and social aspects (isolation). Analyses using generalized estimating equations were conducted to estimate the relationship between poverty transition and frailty status. ## Results Among the 9263 respondents, 9.4% of the male respondents (__n__ = 388) and 13.6% of the female respondents (__n__ = 700) were frail. After controlling for covariates, female participants who transitioned into poverty (OR = 1.31, 95% CI: 1.02–1.69) and persistently remai

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Author

Youn, Hin Moi; Lee, Hyeon Ji; Lee, Doo Woong; Park, Eun-Cheol

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); London: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC; Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration Inc. (ISSN 1471-2318)

Published

2020

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)