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The association between frailty, the metabolic syndrome, and mortality over the lifespan

Frailty and the metabolic syndrome are each associated with poor outcomes, but in very old people (90+ years) only frailty was associated with an increased mortality risk. We investigated the relationship between frailty, metabolic syndrome, and mortality risk, in younger (20–65 years) and older (65...

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Published in:GeroScience
Main Authors: Kane, Alice E., Gregson, Edward, Theou, Olga, Rockwood, Kenneth, Howlett, Susan E.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Springer International Publishing 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5411368/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28281219
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-017-9967-9
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