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Low calf circumference is associated with frailty in diabetic adults aged over 80 years
BACKGROUND: Frailty is now seen as a significant factor in older people with diabetes, whose mortality and disability increased. This study aims to investigate the association between calf circumference (CC) with frailty in diabetic adults aged over 80 years. METHODS: A cross-sectional analysis was...
Autores principales: | Zhu, Yun-Xia, Zhang, Yue, Wang, Yan-Yan, Ren, Chen-Xi, Xu, Jun, Zhang, Xiao-Yan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2020
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7574465/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33076841 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-020-01830-2 |
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