05 September 2025 : Clinical Research
Frailty and Cognitive Decline in Hospitalized Elderly Patients: Associations with Clinical and Laboratory Parameters
Elżbieta Kozak-SzkopekDOI: 10.12659/MSM.947354
Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e947354
Table 2 Results of correlating CFS and MMSE with demographic and clinical data.
| CFS | MMSE | |
|---|---|---|
| MMSE | −0.531* | – |
| Age | 0.440* | −0.341* |
| Education level | 0.020 | 0.095 |
| BMI | −0.090 | 0.171* |
| Abbreviated Tinetti test | −0.743* | 0.446* |
| Norton scale | −0.781* | 0.450* |
| Barthel Index | −0.850* | 0.523* |
| ADL | −0.811* | 0.525* |
| IADL | −0.823* | 0.570* |
| GDS | 0.138* | 0.022 |
| Na’ | 0.087 | −0.109 |
| Albumin | −0.398* | 0.210* |
| Hemoglobin | −0.020* | 0.009 |
| Lymphocytes | −0.137* | 0.125 |
| TSH | −0.024 | 0.092 |
| VES-13 | 0.645* | −0.444* |
| * P | ||






