Frailty profile in Brazilian older adults: ELSI-Brazil

• Main Authors: Juliana Mara Andrade (Author), Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte (Author), Luciana Correia Alves (Author), Flávia Cristina Drumond Andrade (Author), Paulo Roberto Borges de Souza Junior (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author), Fabíola Bof de Andrade (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To estimate the prevalence of frailty and to evaluate the associated factors in the non-institutionalized Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. METHODS The analyses were conducted in 8,556 participants of the baseline survey of the Longitudinal Study of Health of the Brazil...