Frailty: Not Just in the Aged Any More

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Frailty -- known to be associated with a greater risk of death -- is not just a problem of older people, Canadian researchers reported.

And people of any age who are frail -- defined as having more self-reported deficits such as health problems and difficulty with tasks like climbing stairs -- are more likely to die than those who are relatively more fit at the same age, according to Kenneth Rockwood, MD, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and colleagues.

And the proportion of those who are frail grows steadily as the population ages, Rockwood and colleagues reported online in CMAJ.

"The prevalence of frailty increased exponentially with age throughout the adult life span and not just after age 65, where the sharpest inflection of the curve occurred," Rockwood and colleagues reported.

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