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Comparative analysis of the association between 35 frailty scores and cardiovascular events, cancer, and total mortality in an elderly general population in England: An observational study.
PLoS medicine - 1 Mar 2018
Aguayo Gloria A, Vaillant Michel T, Donneau Anne-Françoise, Schritz Anna, Stranges Saverio, Malisoux Laurent, Chioti Anna, Guillaume Michèle, Muller Majon, Witte Daniel R
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BACKGROUND: Frail elderly people experience elevated mortality. However, no consensus exists on the definition of frailty, and many frailty scores have been developed. The main aim of this study was to compare the association between 35 frailty scores and incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), incident cancer, and all-cause mortality. Also, we aimed to assess whether frailty scores added predictive value to basic...
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