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Prevalence and correlates of frailty in an older rural African population: findings from the HAALSI cohort study

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Collin F. Payne, Alisha Wade, Chodziwadziwa W. Kabudula, Justine I. Davies, Angela Y. Chang, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, Kathleen Kahn, Lisa F. Berkman, Stephen M. Tollman, Joshua A. Salomon, and Miles D. Witham. 2017. “Prevalence and correlates of frailty in an older rural African population: findings from the HAALSI cohort study.” BMC Geriatrics, 17, 1, Pp. 293. Publisher's Version

Abstract:

Frailty is a key predictor of death and dependency, yet little is known about frailty in sub-Saharan Africa despite rapid population ageing. We describe the prevalence and correlates of phenotypic frailty using data from the Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies of an INDEPTH Community cohort.
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