Frailty and body mass index as predictors of 3-year mortality in older adults living in the community

Gerontology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 475-482

  Lee, Yunhwan ^a,b   Kim, Jinhee ^a,b   Han, Eun Sook ^b,c   Ryu, Mikyung ^b   Cho, Yunyoung ^a,b   Chae, Songi ^a,b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Frailty; Mortality; Older people

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BODY MASS; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UNDERWEIGHT; WALKING SPEED; WEIGHT REDUCTION; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; THINNESS;

EID: 84911991639     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000362330     Document Type: Article

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