The frailty index is a predictor of cause-specific mortality independent of familial effects from midlife onwards: a large cohort study

BACKGROUND: Frailty index (FI) is a well-established predictor of all-cause mortality, but less is known for cause-specific mortality and whether familial effects influence the associations. Middle-aged individuals are also understudied for the association between FI and mortality. Furthermore, the...

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Autores principales: Li, Xia, Ploner, Alexander, Karlsson, Ida K., Liu, Xingrong, Magnusson, Patrik K. E., Pedersen, Nancy L., Hägg, Sara, Jylhävä, Juulia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6518710/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31088449
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-019-1331-8

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