Frailty in Older Men: Prevalence, Progression, and Relationship with Mortality

• Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (JAGS) Vol. 55; no. 8; pp. 1216 - 1223
• Main Authors: Cawthon, Peggy M., Marshall, Lynn M., Michael, Yvonne, Dam, Thuy-Tien, Ensrud, Kristine E., Barrett-Connor, Elizabeth, Orwoll, Eric S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Malden, USA Blackwell Publishing Inc 01.08.2007; Blackwell; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; aging; Biological and medical sciences; Cohort Studies; Cross-Sectional Studies; Disease Progression; Epidemiology; Frail Elderly - statistics & numerical data; frailty; General aspects; Geriatrics; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Men; Miscellaneous; Mortality; Mortality - trends; Motor ability; Older people; Physical fitness; Prevalence; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; USA; Africa; Human; Senescence; Prognosis; Prevalence; Mortality; Ageing; Male; Epidemiology; frailty; Gerontology; Frailty in elderly; men; Adult; Evolution; aging; Elderly; Public health; Geriatrics

OBJECTIVES: To describe the association between frailty and health status, the progression of frailty, and the relationship between frailty and mortality in older men. DESIGN: Cross‐sectional and prospective cohort study. SETTING: Six U.S. clinical centers. PARTICIPANTS: Five thousand nine hundred n...