Article
Physical frailty and decline in general and specific cognitive abilities: the Lothian Birth Cohort 1936
2019-02-13
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<p>Background: Physical frailty is associated with many adverse outcomes including disability, chronic disease, hospitalization, institutionalization and death. It is unclear what impact it might have on the rate of normal cognitive ageing. We investigated whether physical frailty was related to initial level of, and change in, cognitive abilities from age 70 to 79 years. <h4>Method:</h4> Participants were 950 mem...
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- d452df7a-ebf6-5530-b137-0378b8e8e4ec
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- 10.31234/osf.io/24whr
