Anthropometric Measures and Frailty Prediction in the Elderly: An Easy-to-Use Tool

PURPOSE: Anthropometry is a useful tool for assessing some risk factors for frailty. Thus, the aim of this study was to verify the discriminatory performance of anthropometric measures in identifying frailty in the elderly and to create an easy-to-use tool. METHODS: Cross-sectional study: a subset f...

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Autores principales: Closs, Vera Elizabeth, Ziegelmann, Patricia Klarmann, Flores, João Henrique Ferreira, Gomes, Irenio, Schwanke, Carla Helena Augustin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8703503

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5735592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29358947
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/8703503

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