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Subtypes of physical frailty and their long‐term outcomes: a longitudinal cohort study

Shih-Tsung Huang, C. Tange, R. Otsuka, Y. Nishita, Li-Ning Peng, F. Hsiao, M. Tomida, H. Shimokata et al.

Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, 2020

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Abstract

Components of physical frailty cluster into subtypes, but it remains unknown how these might be associated with age‐related functional declines and multimorbidities. This study aims to investigated associations of physical frailty subtypes with functional declines and multimorbidity in a 10 year longitudinal cohort survey.

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