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Discrepancy in Frailty Identification: Move Beyond Predictive Validity.
The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences - 20 Jan 2020
Xue Qian-Li, Tian Jing, Walston Jeremy D, Chaves Paulo H M, Newman Anne B, Bandeen-Roche Karen
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BACKGROUND: To evaluate the discordance in frailty classification between the frailty index (FI) and the physical frailty phenotype (PFP) and identify factors discriminating those with discordant frailty classification from each other and from those for whom the assessments agree. METHODS: A prospective observational study of older adults aged 65 and older selected from Medicare eligibility lists in four U.S....
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