Comparison of frailty indicators based on clinical phenotype and the multiple deficit approach in predicting mortality and physical limitation

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1478-1486

  Woo, Jean ^a   Leung, Jason ^a   Morley, John E ^b  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

frailty; frailty index; mortality; physical limitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANKLE BRACHIAL INDEX; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FATIGUE, RESISTANCE, AMBULATION, ILLNESS, AND LOSS; FEMALE; FRAILTY INDEX; FRIED PHENOTYPE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GRIP STRENGTH; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84865114157     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04074.x     Document Type: Article

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