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Predictability of frailty index and its components on mortality in older adults in China

BACKGROUND: Frailty represents an increased vulnerability to external stressors due to decreased physiological reserve and dysfunction in multiple bodily systems. The relationship between frailty and mortality has been well-documented in the literature. However, less is known about the predictive po...

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Autores principales: Yang, Fang, Gu, Danan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4960861/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27455962
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-016-0317-z