Erik Fung

Jul 9, 2024 | mdpi.com | Zigui Chen |Erik Fung |Chun-Kwok Wong |Lowell Ling

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Aug 16, 2023 | mdpi.com | Erik Fung |Timothy Kwok |Saranya Palaniswamy |Leong-Ting Lui

3. Results 3.1. Baseline Characteristics of Longitudinal Study CohortThe median age of 2997 community-living older adults (47.5% male) in this cohort was 71 (IQR 68–75) years at baseline. Among them, 1282 (42.8%) and 425 (14.2%) had hypertension and diabetes mellitus, respectively (). Hypertension was associated with older age (median 72 [IQR 68–75] vs. 71 [IQR 68–75] years, p < 0.0001), increased frailty (frailty index 0.13 [IQR 0.11–0.19] vs.