A Frailty Index predicts 10-year fracture risk in adults age 25 years and older: results from the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos)

Osteoporosis International

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2825-2832

  Kennedy, C C ^a   Ioannidis, G ^a   Rockwood, K ^b   Thabane, L ^c   Adachi, J D ^a   Kirkland, S ^b   Pickard, L E ^a   Papaioannou, A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deficits; Fracture; Frailty; Index; Longitudinal; Osteoporosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; SPINAL FRACTURES; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BONE DENSITY; CANADA; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPINAL FRACTURES;

EID: 84939897176     PISSN: 0937941X     EISSN: 14332965     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00198-014-2828-9     Document Type: Article

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