Assessing Risk for Adverse Outcomes in Older Adults: The Need to Include Both Physical Frailty and Cognition.

Márlon Juliano Romero AlibertiIrena S CenzerAlexander K SmithSei J LeeKristine YaffeKenneth E Covinsky

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2018)

Physical frailty and CIND are independent predictors of incident disability and death. Because together physical frailty and CIND identify vulnerable older adults better, optimal risk assessment should supplement measures of physical frailty with measures of cognitive function. J Am Geriatr Soc 67:477-483, 2019.

Keyphrases

physical activity
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risk assessment
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heavy metals
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