A frailty index to predict the mortality risk in a population of senior mexican adults

BACKGROUND: Frailty in the elderly can be regarded as nonspecific vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, caused by multiple factors. The aim was to analyze the relationships between the frailty index, age and mortality in a two year follow up study of Mexican elderly. METHODS: A frailty index was...

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Main Authors: García-González, José Juan, García-Peña, Carmen, Franco-Marina, Francisco, Gutiérrez-Robledo, Luis Miguel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776593/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19887005
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-47
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