Age-related frailty and its association with biological markers of ageing

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Mitnitski, Arnold ^a   Collerton, Joanna ^b   Martin Ruiz, Carmen ^b   Jagger, Carol ^b   von Zglinicki, Thomas ^b   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a   Kirkwood, Thomas B L ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Biomarkers; Cellular ageing; Deficit accumulation; Frailty; Frailty index; Frailty phenotype; Immunosenescence; Inflammation; Newcastle 85+ study

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BIOMARKER FRAILTY INDEX; CLINICAL DEFICIT FRAILTY INDEX; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; VERY ELDERLY; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84936953004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0400-x     Document Type: Article

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