Frailty transitions in the San Antonio longitudinal study of aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 652-660

  Espinoza, Sara E ^a,b   Jung, Inkyung ^c   Hazuda, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Frailty; Older adults; Transitions

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GROUPS BY AGE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOWNESS; SOCIAL STATUS; WEAKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; WALKING; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84859838208     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03882.x     Document Type: Article

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