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Frailty as a predictor of future falls and disability: a four-year follow-up study of Chinese older adults

BACKGROUND: Frailty, which is defined as aging-related multisystem impairments, can lead to adverse health outcomes. However, evidence for such a connection in Chinese older adults remains lacking. This study examined the association between frailty and future falls and disability among community-dw...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Quan, Zhao, Xinyi, Liu, Huiying, Ding, Hua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7539482/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33023480
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01798-z