Relationship between frailty, according to three frail scores, and clinical and laboratory parameters of the geriatric patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE: Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The term “frailty in the elderly” has become increasingly important with the increase of the elderly population, especially in diabetic subjects. Frailty is established by various scoring scales, such as Edmonton, Frail, and Prisma-7 scores. We aimed to evaluate the association between frailty and clinical and laboratory parameters of the geriatric type 2 diabetic patients. METHODS: Diabetic patients over 65 years of age who presented to outpatient internal medicine clinics of our institut...

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