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This study examined the trajectories of frailty, grip strength, and gait speed over the 11\u00a0years prior to dementia, compared to matched individuals without dementia.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 1092 dementia cases were matched on age, sex and education to 4368 controls from a cohort of community-dwelling older adults recruited in Australia and the USA, aged 65\u00a0years or above at recruitment. Frailty was characterised by a deficit-accumulation index involving 67 items. Hand grip strength and gait speed were measured regularly by physical examination. Linear mixed-effects models estimated the backward trajectories of frailty, grip strength and gait speed before dementia, compared to controls. Secondary analyses were stratified by sex and ApoE \u03b54 carrier status.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Higher frailty burden, with a steeper increase over time, was found in the years before dementia, compared to controls (P-interaction &amp;lt; .001). Hand grip strength and gait speed declined more rapidly in dementia cases than in controls (P-interaction &amp;lt; .001 for both). Differences between cases and controls became consistently significant four to six years prior to dementia (P-contrast &amp;lt; .001). An earlier divergence across all three measures was observed for females, and to a lesser extent in ApoE \u03b54 non-carriers.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Discussion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Functional decline occurs within the decade before dementia onset, with gait speed being the earliest indicator. 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