Frail phenotype might herald bone health worsening among end-stage renal disease patients

Background Frailty exhibits a high prevalence in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and is associated with adverse health-related outcomes, including falls and fractures. Available studies do not address whether frailty is associated with temporal changes in BMD. We evaluated this issue by anal...

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Main Authors: Chia-Ter Chao, Jenq-Wen Huang, Ding-Cheng Chan, Cohort of Geriatric Nephrology in NTUH (COGENT) study group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-07-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/3542.pdf