Cognitive impairment improves the predictive validity of the phenotype of frailty for adverse health outcomes: the three-city study.

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02136.x

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Cognitive impairment improves the predictive validity of the phenotype of frailty for adverse health outcomes: the three-city study.

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Mar 2009

Avila-Funes José Alberto, Amieva Hélène, Barberger-Gateau Pascale, Le Goff Mélanie, Raoux Nadine, Ritchie Karen, Carrière Isabelle, Tavernier Béatrice, Tzourio Christophe, Gutiérrez-Robledo Luis Miguel, Dartigues Jean-François

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OBJECTIVES: To determine whether adding cognitive impairment to frailty improves its predictive validity for adverse health outcomes. DESIGN: Four-year longitudinal study. SETTING: The French Three-City Study. PARTICIPANTS: Six thousand thirty community-dwelling persons aged 65 to 95. MEASUREMENTS: Frailty was defined as having at least three of the following criteria: weight loss, weakness, exhaustion, slowness,...

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