A frailty index to predict the mortality risk in a population of senior mexican adults
Open Access
- 3 November 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Geriatrics
- Vol. 9 (1), 47
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-9-47
Abstract
Frailty in the elderly can be regarded as nonspecific vulnerability to adverse health outcomes, caused by multiple factors. The aim was to analyze the relationships between the frailty index, age and mortality in a two year follow up study of Mexican elderly.Keywords
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