Frailty in the Honolulu-Asia aging study: Deficit accumulation in a male cohort followed to 90% mortality

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 125-131

  Armstrong, Joshua J ^a   Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Launer, Lenore J ^b   White, Lon R ^c   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^c PACIFIC HEALTH RESEARCH AND EDUCATION INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deficit accumulation; Epidemiology; Frailty; Frailty index; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HAWAII; HUMAN; JAPAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; HAWAII; HUMANS; JAPAN; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MORTALITY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84922463871     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glu089     Document Type: Article

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