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Transitions in frailty phenotype states and components over 8 years: Evidence from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing.
Archives of gerontology and geriatrics - 1 Jan 2000
Romero-Ortuno Roman, Hartley Peter, Davis James, Knight Silvin P, Rizzo Rossella, Hernández Belinda, Kenny Rose Anne, O'Halloran Aisling M
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AIM: Fried's frailty phenotype (FP) is defined by exhaustion (EX), unexplained weight loss (WL), weakness (WK), slowness (SL) and low physical activity (LA). Three or more components define the frail state, and one or two the prefrail. We described longitudinal transitions of FP states and components in The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA). METHODS: We included participants aged ≥50 years with FP...
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