Article
Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences - 1 Mar 2001
Fried L P, Tangen C M, Walston J, Newman A B, Hirsch C, Gottdiener J, Seeman T, Tracy R, Kop W J, Burke G, McBurnie M A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Frailty is considered highly prevalent in old age and to confer high risk for falls, disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Frailty has been considered synonymous with disability, comorbidity, and other characteristics, but it is recognized that it may have a biologic basis and b...
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