Open AccessThe Electronic Frailty Index is Associated with Increased Infection and All-Cause Mortality Among Older Patients with Primary Lung Cancer: A Cohort Study
Author(s) -
Yanjiao Shen,
Yuting Wang,
Qingyang Shi,
Lisha Hou,
Xiaoyan Chen,
Birong Dong,
Hao Qin
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s335172
Subject(s) - medicine , hazard ratio , confidence interval , cohort , proportional hazards model , odds ratio , cohort study , retrospective cohort study , prospective cohort study , surgery
To assess whether the electronic frailty index (eFI) is independently associated with all-cause mortality and chemotherapy adverse reactions among older Chinese patients with lung cancer.