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Tracking changes in frailty throughout later life: results from a 17-year longitudinal study in the Netherlands

Emiel O. Hoogendijk, Kenneth Rockwood, Olga Theou, Joshua Armstrong, Bregje D. Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, Dorly J. H. Deeg, Martijn Huisman

Age and Ageing · 2018 · 87 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

this longitudinal study showed that the degree of frailty increased with ageing, faster than the age-related increase previously observed in cross-sectional studies. Even so, the rate of deficit accumulation was relatively stable during later life.

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A standard procedure for creating a frailty index

Samuel D. Searle, Arnold Mitnitski, Evelyne A. Gahbauer et al. · BMC Geriatrics · 2008 · 3.4K citations · Full text

Accumulation of Deficits as a Proxy Measure of Aging

Arnold B. Mitnitski, Alexander Mogilner, Kenneth Rockwood · The Scientific World JOURNAL · 2001 · 2.8K citations · Full text

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A Comparison of Two Approaches to Measuring Frailty in Elderly People

Kenneth Rockwood, Melissa K. Andrew, Arnold Mitnitski · The Journals of Gerontology Series A · 2007 · 1.3K citations

Prevalence and 10‐Year Outcomes of Frailty in Older Adults in Relation to Deficit Accumulation

Xiaowei Song, Arnold Mitnitski, Kenneth Rockwood · Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2010 · 1.1K citations · Full text

The frailty phenotype and the frailty index: different instruments for different purposes

Matteo Cesari, Giovanni Gambassi, Gabor Abellán van Kan et al. · Age and Ageing · 2013 · 764 citations · Full text

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