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Keywords:

Risk prediction model, Mortality, Mental decline, Physical decline, Older adults, Russia, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Geriatrics & Gerontology, CALF CIRCUMFERENCE, FRAILTY, MUSCLE, HEMOGLOBIN, PREVALENCE, SARCOPENIA, MASS, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cognitive Dysfunction, Comorbidity, Female, Forced Expiratory Volume, Frailty, Humans, Male, Nutritional Status, Physical Endurance, Proportional Hazards Models, Prospective Studies, Risk Factors, Sex Factors, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, Geriatrics, 3202 Clinical sciences

Abstract:

The classical phenotype, accumulated deficit model and self-report approach of frailty were found not useful in older adults in northwest Russia. More research is needed to identify predictors of adverse outcomes in this population.