Cargando…

Frailty in a racially and socioeconomically diverse sample of middle-aged Americans in Baltimore

Frailty is a risk factor for disability and mortality, and is more prevalent among African American (AA) elderly than whites. We examine frailty in middle-aged racially and economically diverse adults, and investigate how race, poverty and frailty are associated with mortality. Data were from 2541 p...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Griffin, Felicia R., Mode, Nicolle A., Ejiogu, Ngozi, Zonderman, Alan B., Evans, Michele K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2018
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5892911/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29634767
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0195637