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Frailty prevalence and associated factors in the Mexican health and aging study: A comparison of the frailty index and the phenotype.
Experimental gerontology - 15 Jun 2016
García-Peña Carmen, Ávila-Funes José Alberto, Dent Elsa, Gutiérrez-Robledo Luis, Pérez-Zepeda Mario
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Frailty is a relatively new phenomenon described mainly in the older population. There are a number of different tools that aim at categorizing an older adult as frail. Two of the main tools for this purpose are the Fried's frailty phenotype (FFP) and the frailty index (FI). The aim of this report is to determine the prevalence of frailty and associated factors using both FFP and the FI. METHODS:...
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