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Operationalizing Frailty in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study Cohort.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences - 1 Mar 2017
Kucharska-Newton Anna M, Palta Priya, Burgard Sheila, Griswold Michael E, Lund Jennifer L, Capistrant Benjamin D, Kritchevsky Stephen B, Bandeen-Roche Karen, Windham B Gwen
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Background: Factors that may contribute to the development of frailty in late life have not been widely investigated. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study cohort presents an opportunity to examine relationships of midlife risk factors with frailty in late life. However, we first present findings on the validation of an established frailty phenotype in this predominantly biracial population of...
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