Cognitive Impairment Improves the Predictive Validity of the Phenotype of Frailty for Adverse Health Outcomes: The Three‐City Study

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Authors

José Alberto Ávila‐Funes · Inserm

Hélène Amieva · Inserm

Pascale Barberger‐Gateau · Université de Montpellier

Mélanie Le Goff · Inserm

Nadine Raoux · Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán

Karen Ritchie · Université de Montpellier

Isabelle Carrière ·

Abstract

Cognitive impairment improves the predictive validity of the operational definition of frailty, because it increases the risk of adverse health outcomes in this particular subgroup of the elderly population.

Topics & Keywords

Frailty in Older Adults Nutrition and Health in Aging Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 57, Issue 3, pp. 453-461

DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.02136.x

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