Cargando…

CAUSES OF FRAILTY: GENETIC ANALYSIS IN 164,000 UK BIOBANK PARTICIPANTS

Frailty is an important and common geriatric syndrome, yet the mechanisms are multifactorial and not well understood. The Frailty Index (FI) is based on the Rockwood Index for accumulation of deficits, and we aimed to use genetics to gain mechanistic insights for interventions to prevent and delay f...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Atkins, Janice, Pilling, Luke C, Williams, Dylan, Jylhävä, Juulia, Melzer, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6845251/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.812