Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index

BACKGROUND: The frailty index (FI) is used to measure the health status of ageing individuals. An FI is constructed as the proportion of deficits present in an individual out of the total number of age-related health variables considered. The purpose of this study was to systematically assess whethe...

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Autores principales: Peña, Fernando G, Theou, Olga, Wallace, Lindsay, Brothers, Thomas D, Gill, Thomas M, Gahbauer, Evelyne A, Kirkland, Susan, Mitnitski, Arnold, Rockwood, Kenneth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-25

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3938909/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24559204
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-14-25

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