title: Prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  to investigate the prevalence and factors associated with frailty in non-institutionalized older adults living in northern Minas Gerais, Brazil.
  
  
  METHODS
  data were collected in their homes, in 2013, based on a census cluster sampling. Demographic and socioeconomic variables, morbidities, utilization of health care services, and scores on the Edmonton Fragility Scale were analyzed. The adjusted prevalence ratios were obtained using the Poisson regression multiple analysis with robust variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the prevalence of frailty was 41.3%. The variables associated with frailty were: female gender, very old age, education of less than four years, not having been hospitalized in the last 12 months, having a caregiver, falling in the prior year, diabetes mellitus, cardiac disease, and osteoarticular disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the prevalence of frailty was high. Some factors consist of modifiable conditions, which should encourage health actions aimed at this group.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jair Almeida
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.affiliation: Faculdades Integradas Pitágoras, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gizele Carmem Fagundes
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ana Teresa Fernandes
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Barbosa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: José Marcio Girardi de
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mendonça
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Fernanda Marques da
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Estadual de Montes Claros, Montes Claros, MG, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio Prates
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Caldeira
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D057187:Independent Living; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors