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A global clinical measure of fitness and frailty in elderly people
Kenneth Rockwood, Xiaowei Song, Chris MacKnight, Howard Bergman, David B. Hogan, Ian McDowell and Arnold Mitnitski
CMAJ August 30, 2005 173 (5) 489-495; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.050051
Kenneth Rockwood
Xiaowei Song
Chris MacKnight
Howard Bergman
David B. Hogan
Ian McDowell

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Fig. 1: Kaplan–Meier curves, adjusted for age and sex, for study participants (n) over the medium term (5–6 years), according to their scores on the CSHA Clinical Frailty Scale. Some scores were grouped. Top: Probability of survival. Bottom: Probability of avoidance of institutional care.
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Kenneth Rockwood, Xiaowei Song, Chris MacKnight, Howard Bergman, David B. Hogan, Ian McDowell, Arnold Mitnitski
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