Cognitive frailty predicting all-cause mortality among community-living older adults in Taiwan: A 4-year nationwide population-based cohort study.

BACKGROUND:Cognitive frailty (CF) featured as frailty plus cognitive impairment was deemed to be a novel target for dementia and disable prevention. The study was intended to investigate the epidemiology of CF and the association between CF and all-cause mortality. METHODS:The national representativ...

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Main Authors: Wei-Ju Lee, Li-Ning Peng, Chih-Kuang Liang, Ching-Hui Loh, Liang-Kung Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6042743?pdf=render