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Assessing the relationship between multimorbidity, NCD configurations, frailty phenotypes, and mortality risk in older adults.
BMC geriatrics - 22 Apr 2024
Ogaz-González Rafael, Corpeleijn Eva, García-Chanes Rosa Estela, Gutierréz-Robledo Luis Miguel, Escamilla-Santiago Ricardo Antonio, López-Cervantes Malaquías
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BACKGROUND: Older adults are increasingly susceptible to prolonged illness, multiple chronic diseases, and disabilities, which can lead to the coexistence of multimorbidity and frailty. Multimorbidity may result in various noncommunicable disease (NCD) patterns or configurations that could be associated with frailty and death. Mortality risk may vary depending on the presence of specific chronic diseases...
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