Frailty and pre-frailty in middle-aged and older adults and its association with multimorbidity and mortality: a prospective analysis of 493 737 UK Biobank participants

BACKGROUND: Frailty is associated with older age and multimorbidity (two or more long-term conditions); however, little is known about its prevalence or effects on mortality in younger populations. This paper aims to examine the association between frailty, multimorbidity, specific long-term conditi...

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Autores principales: Hanlon, Peter, Nicholl, Barbara I, Jani, Bhautesh Dinesh, Lee, Duncan, McQueenie, Ross, Mair, Frances S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier, Ltd 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29908859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30091-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028743/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29908859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(18)30091-4

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