A comparison of four frailty models.

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Abstract

To determine how well the interview-based, clinic-friendly International Academy of Nutrition and Aging (FRAIL) frailty scale predicts future disability and mortality in the African American Health (AAH) cohort compared with the clinic-friendly Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF) frailty scale, the phenotype-based Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) frailty scale, and the comprehensive Frailty Index (FI).

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Journal

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): J Am Geriatr Soc

Title: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-5415

ISSN (Print): 0002-8614

Publication date (Electronic): Apr 2014

Volume: 62

Issue: 4

Affiliations

[1 ] Department of Neurology and Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri; Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Article

Mid ID: NIHMS709068

DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12735

PMC ID: 4519085

PubMed ID: 24635726

SO-VID: 0decaa96-b38a-43e8-8acc-fc050af3a2fe

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Keywords: ADLs,African American,IADLs,frailty,mortality

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Keywords: ADLs, African American, IADLs, frailty, mortality

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