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Objective: The objective of this study was to identify the health risk factors related with the onset of frailty in the Costa Rican population. Methods: A subgroup of 3000 people from the CRELES study was analyzed. A frailty phenotype was constructed based on the variables of the phenotypic model: weight loss, exhaustion, weakness, slowness, and low level of physical activity. Patients were classified into frail, pre-frail, and robust. A multinomial logistic model was used, which included data from the 3 years of study (2205, 2007, and 2009). An exploratory analysis was made, using sociodemographic and health variables. Taking as reference the robust category, the odds ratio was obtained for the frail and pre-frail categories, with 95% confidence. Results: Of the analyzed variables, age, osteoarthritis, and living alone proved to be risk factors with statistical significance. Conclusions: In the Costa Rican population, age, osteoarthritis, and living alone represent risk factors for suffering frailty in the future.

Palabras clave: Frailty risk factors elderly incidence.

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Vol. 4 Núm.2. Julio-Diciembre 2018 Pags. 33-38 J Lat Am Geriatric Med 2018; 4(2)