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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
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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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