Association of Self-Rated Health in Midlife With Mortality and Old Age Frailty: A 26-Year Follow-Up of Initially Healthy Men

Conclusions: SRH in clinically healthy midlife among volunteers of a primary prevention trial was related to the development of both prefrailty and frailty in old age, independent of baseline cardiovascular risk and later comorbidity.

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Source: Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences - June 13, 2016 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Huohvanainen, E., Strandberg, A. Y., Stenholm, S., Pitkälä, K. H., Tilvis, R. S., Strandberg, T. E. Tags: Research Article Source Type: research