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SUBMITTER: Hoogendijk EO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7260260 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aging clinical and experimental research 20200131 6
<h4>Background</h4>The frailty index (FI) is a sensitive instrument to measure the degree of frailty in older adults, and is increasingly used in cohort studies on aging.<h4>Aims</h4>To operationalize an FI among older adults in the "Invecchiare in Chianti" (InCHIANTI) study, and to validate its predictive capacity for mortality.<h4>Methods</h4>Longitudinal data were used from 1129 InCHIANTI participants aged ≥ 65 years. A 42-item FI was operationalized following a standard procedure using basel ...[more]