Frailty and the older man.

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Frailty is a wasting syndrome of advanced age that leaves a person vulnerable to falls, functional decline, morbidity, and mortality. The cause of this syndrome is complex but likely has a biologic basis. Studies by the authors' research group have validated a phenotype of frailty [table: see text] and have established a gender difference in prevalence with women twice as likely to develop the syndrome as men....

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