LDL Cholesterol and Frailty Association in Beijing Adults Aged ≥70 Years

218 adults aged ≥70 years from Beijing, China were assessed for frailty using the FRAIL scale. Wenjing Liu published a cross-sectional study in 2026 linking LDL cholesterol levels to frailty status. The prevalence of robust, pre-frailty, and frailty was 20.6%, 69.7%, and 9.6%, respectively.

Use Cases

• Analyze the association between LDL cholesterol levels and frailty status based on the FRAIL scale.
• Conduct stratified analyses based on comorbidities like hypertension and diabetes mellitus.
• Model non-linear relationships between biomarkers and frailty using restricted cubic splines.
• Investigate the prevalence of frailty in a specific elderly demographic.
• Explore the role of lifestyle factors like alcohol status in frailty development.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 218 participants with a mean age of 77.5 ± 6.4 years.
• Frailty was measured using the standardized FRAIL scale.
• Analysis employed multiple regression models and stratified subgroup analyses.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single cross-sectional study in Beijing, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Wenjing Liu via figshare.

Collection Method

Cross-sectional study collecting sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle, comorbidities, and peripheral blood biomarkers.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-19 05:17:34; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Beijing, China.