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Frailty prevalence in Australia: Findings from four pooled Australian cohort studies.
Australasian journal on ageing - 1 Jun 2018
Thompson Mark Q, Theou Olga, Karnon Jonathon, Adams Robert J, Visvanathan Renuka
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To examine frailty prevalence in Australian older adults. METHODS: Frailty was measured using a modified Fried Frailty Phenotype (FFP) in a combined cohort of 8804 Australian adults aged ≥65 years (female 86%, median age 80 (79-82) years) from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing Project and the North West Adelaide Health Study. RESULTS: Using the FFP, 21% of participants were frail while a further...
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