A frailty index based on laboratory deficits in community-dwelling men predicted their risk of adverse health outcomes

Age and Ageing

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 463-468

  Blodgett, Joanna M ^a,b   Theou, Olga ^b   Howlett, Susan E ^b   Wu, Frederick C W ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ageing; Frail older people; Frailty; Mortality; Pre clinical frailty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALL CAUSE MORTALITY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSULTATION; DRUG USE; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAILTY INDEX CLIN; FRAILTY INDEX LAB; GENERAL HEALTH STATUS ASSESSMENT; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PREDICTION; PULSE RATE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SELF REPORTED HEALTH; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME FACTOR; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CAUSE OF DEATH; EUROPE; FRACTURES, BONE; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH RESOURCES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85015151362     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afw054     Document Type: Article

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