Frailty Index and Sex-Specific 6-Year Mortality in Community-Dwelling Older People: The ActiFE Study

Published: Feb 21, 2019
Abstract
Considering that mortality rate and deficit accumulation varies considerably in men and women, we performed a sex-stratified analysis of the association between an estimated frailty index (eFI) with 6-year mortality in the Activity and Function in the Elderly (ActiFE) Study. We constructed an eFI using a score (0 [no deficit] to 1 [deficit]) from 32 baseline items representing multiple domains. eFI represents the sum of all scores divided by 32....
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Title
Frailty Index and Sex-Specific 6-Year Mortality in Community-Dwelling Older People: The ActiFE Study
Published Date
Feb 21, 2019
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