Racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic differences in a deficit accumulation frailty index in the Multiethnic Cohort Study.
Anna H WuV Wendy SetiawanDaniel O StramEileen M CrimminsChiu-Chen TsengUnhee LimSong-Yi ParkKami K WhiteIona ChengChristopher A HaimanLynne R WilkensLoïc Le MarchandPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2022)
Frailty status differed significantly by race and ethnicity and was consistently associated with all-cause mortality. The FI may be a useful tool for aging studies in this multiethnic population.
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