Course of frailty stratified by physical and mental multimorbidity patterns: a 5-year follow-up of 92,640 participants of the LifeLines cohort study
Abstract Background The frailty index (FI) is a well-recognized measurement for risk stratification in older people. Among middle-aged and older people, we examined the prospective association between the FI and mortality as well as its course over time in relation to multimorbidity and specific dis...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-02-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-021-01904-x |