Open AccessFrailty and 10-Year Mortality in Community-Living Mexican American Older Adults
Author(s) -
James E. Graham,
Soham Al Snih,
Ivonne M. Berges,
Laura A. Ray,
Kyriakos S. Markides,
Kenneth J. Ottenbacher
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
gerontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.397
H-Index - 94
eISSN - 1423-0003
pISSN - 0304-324X
DOI - 10.1159/000235653
Subject(s) - medicine , gerontology , hazard ratio , confidence interval , demography , frailty index , grip strength , population , cohort , odds ratio , cohort study , physical therapy , environmental health , sociology
The older Hispanic population of the United States is growing rapidly. Hispanic older adults have relatively high-risk profiles for increased morbidity and disability, yet little is known about how the construct of frailty is related to health trajectories in this population.
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