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Frailty as a predictor of mortality: a comparative cohort study of older adults in Costa Rica and the United States.

Carolina 2023 · Santamaría-Ulloa Carolina, Lehning Amanda J, Cortés-Ortiz Mónica V, et al. · BMC public health · 2023

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Association of frailty and mortality risk in community-dwelling older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis of 59 international prospective cohort studies.
Non-Cochrane · prognostic · 2026 · cited as Carolina 2023 · Table 1; reference [43]; Fig. 2
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
All-cause mortality
Non-robust (frail, prefrail or equivalent) on any frailty instrument vs Robust (no signs of frailty) · Follow-up 1 to 15 years
HR 1.83 [1.70, 1.97]56 studiesGRADE not reported
All-cause mortality
Non-robust (frail, prefrail or equivalent) on any frailty instrument vs Robust (no signs of frailty) · Follow-up 1 to 15 years
HR 1.11 [1.11, 1.29]NRGRADE not reported
All-cause mortality
Non-robust (frail, prefrail or equivalent) on any frailty instrument vs Robust (no signs of frailty) · Follow-up 1 to 15 years
HR 1.46 [1.27, 1.68]NRGRADE not reported

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