Prevalence and 10‐Year Outcomes of Frailty in Older Adults in Relation to Deficit Accumulation

Song, Xiaowei; Mitnitski, A.; Rockwood, K.

doi:10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.02764.x

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Prevalence and 10‐Year Outcomes of Frailty in Older Adults in Relation to Deficit Accumulation

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Xiaowei Song

Arnold Mitnitski

Kenneth Rockwood

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the prevalence and 10‐year outcomes of frailty in older adults in relation to deficit accumulation. DESIGN: Prospective cohort study. SETTING: The National Population Health Survey of Canada, with frailty estimated at baseline (1994/95) and mortality follow‐up to 2004/05. PAR...

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