How regional versus global thresholds for physical activity and grip strength influence physical frailty prevalence and mortality estimates in PURE: a prospective multinational cohort study of community-dwelling adults

OBJECTIVES: Handgrip strength and physical activity are commonly used to evaluate physical frailty; however, their distribution varies worldwide. The thresholds that identify frail individuals have been established in high-income countries but not in low-income and middle-income countries. We create...

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Autores principales: Farooqi, Maheen, Papaioannou, Alexandra, Bangdiwala, Shrikant, Rangarajan, Sumathy, Leong, Darryl
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2023
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Global Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37270191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066848

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10255294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37270191
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066848

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