Unintentional Weight Loss Identified as Top Predictor of Fall Risk in Taiwanese Elderly
BUFFALO, NY — May 23, 2025 — A new #research paper was #published in Aging (Aging-US) Volume 17, Issue 4, on April 1, 2025, titled “Examining frailty phenotypes of community-dwelling older adults in Taiwan using the falls risk for older people in the community – Taiwan version (Tw-FROP-Com).” A research team led by first author Ya-Mei Tzeng and corresponding authors Yu-Tien Chang and Yaw-Wen Chang from the National Defense Medical Center studied older adults in Taiwan and found that unintentional weight loss is the most significant individual predictor of fall risk among the common signs of…
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