Objective assessment of the association between frailty and sedentary behavior in older adults: a cross-sectional study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateCommunity-dwelling older adults who were previously enrolled in studies of health examinations (Frailty Risk Assessment and Management in Community-dwelling Elderly, Research Ethic Committee No. 201802035RINB: Study 1) or integrated outpatient clinics (Prognostic Implications of Common Geriatric Syndromes on Elderly Outpatients and Hospitalized Patients, Research Ethic Committee No. 201903110RIND: Study 2) between September 17, 2020, and October 1, 2021, were recruited for this study to add an accelerometer component to the data obtained. The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee (No. 202008046RINB) and complied with all the ethical rules stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding The study was supported by an internal research grant from National Taiwan University Hospital Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology and a MOST109-2410-H845-037-MY2 grant. The sponsors provided an unrestricted research grant for this study. The authors designed and conducted the study, completed the analysis, and wrote the manuscript without influence from the sponsors."

"This cross-sectional study was conducted at the Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology of a medical center in Taipei, Taiwan. Community-dwelling older adults who were previously enrolled in studies of health examinations (Study 1) or integrated outpatient clinics (Study 2) between September 17, 2020, and October 1, 2021, were recruited for this study to add an accelerometer component to the data obtained. The study protocol was approved by the appropriate research ethics committee and complied with all the ethical rules stated in the Declaration of Helsinki. Written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The study was retrospectively registered on clinical trial platforms (201903110RIND, 202008046RINC)."