Frailty as a predictor of all-cause mortality in older men and women

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 899-905

  Kulmala, Jenni ^a   Nykänen, Irma ^b   Hartikainen, Sirpa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Frailty; Geriatric medicine; Public health; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAILTY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FINLAND; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84921902375     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12190     Document Type: Article

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