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Frailty, hospitalization, and progression of disability in a cohort of disabled older women.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Nov 2005
Boyd Cynthia M, Xue Qian-Li, Simpson Crystal F, Guralnik Jack M, Fried Linda P
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PURPOSE: To determine the association between a previously validated frailty phenotype and the development of new-onset dependence in activities of daily living, independent of hospitalizations and other established predictors of disability. SUBJECTS: Seven hundred and forty-nine women enrolled in the Women's Health and Aging Study-I who were independent in all activities in daily living when enrolled in the...
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