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Both pre-frailty and frailty increase healthcare utilization and adverse health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

BACKGROUND: Diabetes mellitus (DM) correlates with accelerated aging and earlier appearance of geriatric phenotypes, including frailty. However, whether pre-frailty or frailty predicts greater healthcare utilization in diabetes patients is unclear. METHODS: From the Longitudinal Cohort of Diabetes P...

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Autores principales: Chao, Chia-Ter, Wang, Jui, Chien, Kuo-Liong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6158921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30261879
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12933-018-0772-2