Severe central obesity or diabetes can replace weight loss in the detection of frailty in obese younger elderly – a preliminary study

PURPOSE: Unwanted weight loss is one of the established criteria for the diagnosis of frailty. However, the relevance of this criterion to detect frailty in obese older adults has not been assessed. In particular, with the exception of malignancy, unwanted weight loss is not commonly seen in older o...

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Autores principales: Buch, Assaf, Keinan-Boker, Lital, Kis, Ofer, Carmeli, Eli, Izkhakov, Elena, Ish-Shalom, Maya, Berner, Yitshal, Shefer, Gabi, Marcus, Yonit, Stern, Naftali
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6183587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30349209
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S176446

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6183587/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30349209
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S176446

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