Physical, nutritional, and cognitive interventional approaches were effective in reversing frailty among community-living older persons.

The GDS-15 was a reliable and valid screening for MDD across different age, gender, ethnicity and chronic illness status in the community and social service setting.

Pre-frailty and frailty with impaired cognitive function, found in 10.7% of this dementia-free population, was associated with an evidently high risk of adverse health outcomes.

The FRI is a validated instrument for assessing frailty risk in community-living older persons. FRI may be a useful rapid assessment tool to identify vital body system deficits underlying the frailty syndrome.

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IMPORTANCE The association of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) and component cardiovascular risk factors with the risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and MCI progression to dementia is not well established. OBJECTIVE To investigate the association of the MetS and its component cardiovascular risk factors with the incidence of MCI and its progression to dementia.

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Physical frailty is associated with increased prevalence and incidence of cognitive impairment, and co-existing physical frailty and cognitive impairment confers additionally greater risk of incident NCD.