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<p>Association between frailty and the cardio-ankle vascular index</p>

Qi Xue, Mingzhao Qin, Jing Jia, Jinping Liu, Yun Wang

Clinical Interventions in Aging · 2019 · 35 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

Our study shows that arterial stiffness is associated with frailty in older patients, even when adjusting for multiple factors.

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