Frailty in NHANES: Comparing the frailty index and phenotype

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 464-470

  Blodgett, Joanna ^a   Theou, Olga ^a   Kirkland, Susan ^a   Andreou, Pantelis ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN ELIZABETH II HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aging; Disability; Frailty; Index; Phenotype

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; FRAILTY INDEX SCORE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODIFIED FRAILTY PHENOTYPE SCORE; NATIONAL HEALTH AND NUTRITION EXAMINATION SURVEY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; NUTRITION; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PHENOTYPE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84926518141     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2015.01.016     Document Type: Article

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