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We aimed to study the prevalence of frailty, its association with sarcopenia, and its impact on postoperative outcomes among older patients (&gt;65 years) undergoing lower limb orthopedic surgeries.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Frailty was assessed using the Clinical Frailty Score (CFS), and values were compared with ultrasound-guided quadriceps muscle thickness measurements for sarcopenia, after normalizing for body mass index (BMI) and body surface area (BSA). A comparison of perioperative characteristics and postoperative outcomes with frailty was made using Spearman\u2019s correlation and the Chi-square test. An ROC curve was plotted to evaluate the validity of the normalized quadriceps muscle thickness value in diagnosing frailty.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      The proportion of frailty in our study population was 80.1% with a significant association for sarcopenia (Spearman\u2019s correlation coefficient -0.182 and -0.237 for quadriceps muscle thickness normalized for BMI and BSA,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      value &lt; 0.001), age (72.35 (64.2, 80.5) versus 68.76 (64.97,72.55) years,\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001), ASA classification (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; 0.001), and surgical type (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.006). Compared to the nonfrail, patients with frailty had higher rates of postoperative ICU admission (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.003), increased lengths of ICU (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.005) and hospital stay (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.005), and more postoperative complications (39.4% vs 12.9% patients, (\n                      <jats:italic toggle=\"yes\">P<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.001), OR 3.061 (1.636-5.730)).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Frailty occurs in a large percentage of older orthopedic patients and significantly impacts postoperative outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  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