Measurement of Organ Structure and Function Enhances Understanding of the Physiological Basis of Frailty: The Cardiovascular Health Study

BACKGROUND: Chronic disease is a risk factor for frailty. Previous studies typically consider individual diagnosed diseases, but disease builds over time, possibly in several organs simultaneously. OBJECTIVE: We hypothesize that disease burden is associated with frailty independent of diagnosed chro...

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Main Authors: Sanders, Jason L., Boudreau, Robert M., Fried, Linda P., Walston, Jeremy D., Harris, Tamara B., Newman, Anne B.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282048/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21883106
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03557.x
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