“…Specifically, the likelihood of frailty is greater among those living with chronic cardiometabolic diseases such as diabetes ( García-Esquinas et al, 2015 ), cardiovascular diseases ( Aguayo et al, 2019 ; Marinus et al, 2020 ), atrial fibrillation ( Polidoro et al, 2013 ), heart failure ( Denfeld et al, 2017 ), stroke ( Palmer et al, 2019 ), and chronic kidney diseases ( Chowdhury et al, 2017 ). Older adults with coexisting cardiometabolic diseases and frailty are less likely to tolerate advanced medical/surgical interventions such as anesthesia ( Lin et al, 2018 ), cardioverter-defibrillator placement ( Chen et al, 2019 ), surgery ( Panayi et al, 2019 ), and chemotherapy ( Runzer-Colmenares et al, 2020 ).…”