Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index
Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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English
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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The frailty index (FI) is used to measure the health status of ageing individuals. An FI is constructed as the proportion of deficits present in an individual out of the total number of age-related health variables considered. The purpose of this study was to systematically assess whether dichotomizing deficits included in an FI affects the informa...
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Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3938909
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3938909
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1471-2318
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1471-2318
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10.1186/1471-2318-14-25
