Prevalence of Diabetes Among Community-Living Older Persons in the Philippines: The FITforFrail Study.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of diabetes among Filipino older persons living in the community.

Methodology: A cross-sectional analysis was done on a random sample of persons 60 years and older from the Focused Interventions for Frail Older Adults Research and Development Program (2018-2019). A diagnosis of diabetes was established by self-reported physician's diagnosis or if the person was on any antihyperglycemic drugs.