Blar i forfatter Mastergradsoppgaver i folkehelsevitenskap "Langholz, Petja Lyn"
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The frailty phenotype as a predictor of all-cause mortality in community-living individuals aged 65 years and older: The Tromsø Study 2001-2015.
Langholz, Petja Lyn (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2017-05-15)Background: In the light of an aging population, risk factors for adverse outcomes in the elderly constitute an important field of research. Frailty is an age-related syndrome of increased vulnerability to stressors due to declines in several physiologic systems. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of frailty and to investigate its ability to predict all- cause mortality in a Norwegian ...