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Frailty and Risk of Falls, Fracture, and Mortality in Older Women: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures
The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2007 · Vol. 62(7) · pp. 744–751
Kristine E. Ensrud✉(University of Minnesota)Susan K. Ewing(University of California, San Francisco)Brent C Taylor(Veterans Health Administration)Howard A Fink(University of Minnesota)Katie L. Stone(California Pacific Medical Center)Jane A. Cauley(University of Pittsburgh)J. Kathleen Tracy(University of Maryland, Baltimore)Marc C. Hochberg(University of Maryland, Baltimore)Nicolas Rodondi(University of Lausanne)Peggy M. Cawthon(California Pacific Medical Center)
Abstract
Frailty is an independent predictor of adverse health outcomes in older women, including very elderly women and older obese women.
Hip and Femur FracturesBone health and osteoporosis researchNutrition and Health in AgingMedicineOdds ratioHip fractureConfoundingConfidence intervalBody mass indexCohort studyPoison controlProspective cohort studyInternal medicine
MeSH terms
Accidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleFollow-Up StudiesFractures, SpontaneousHumansMortalityOsteoporosisPhenotypeProspective StudiesRecurrenceBody Mass IndexFrail Elderly
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- National Institutes of Health
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