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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Autores principales: García-González, José Juan, García-Peña, Carmen, Franco-Marina, Francisco, Gutiérrez-Robledo, Luis Miguel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19887005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-47

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2776593/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19887005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-47

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