Frailty: Emergence and Consequences in Women Aged 65 and Older in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · University of Washington
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Abstract
Objectives
To define frailty using simple indicators; to identify risk factors for frailty as targets for prevention; and to investigate the predictive validity of this frailty classification for death, hospitalization, hip fracture, and activity of daily living (ADL) disability.
Design
Prospective study, the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.
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Authors
9- NFNancy Fúgate WoodsCorresponding
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Washington
- AZAndrea Z. LaCroix
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Washington
- SLShelly L. Gray
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- AKAaron K. Aragaki
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Washington
- BBBarbara B. Cochrane
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Washington
Topics & keywords
Topics
Keywords
- Medicine
- Hazard ratio
- Observational study
- Underweight
- Hip fracture
- Overweight
- Activities of daily living
- Confidence interval
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- No poverty
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