Article
Frailty and fracture, disability, and falls: a multiple country study from the global longitudinal study of osteoporosis in women.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society - 1 Mar 2013
Tom Sarah E, Adachi Jonathan D, Anderson Frederick A, Boonen Steven, Chapurlat Roland D, Compston Juliet E, Cooper Cyrus, Gehlbach Stephen H, Greenspan Susan L, Hooven Frederick H, Nieves Jeri W, Pfeilschifter Johannes, Roux Christian, Silverman Stuart, Wyman Allison, LaCroix Andrea Z
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To test whether women aged 55 and older with increasing evidence of a frailty phenotype would have greater risk of fractures, disability, and recurrent falls than women who were not frail, across geographic areas (Australia, Europe, and North America) and age groups. DESIGN: Multinational, longitudinal, observational cohort study. SETTING: Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW)....
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