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Gerontology

a measure of frailty as the proportion of possible health deficits a person has accumulated, used as a proxy for biological aging.

In gerontology, frailty index refers to a measure of frailty as the proportion of possible health deficits a person has accumulated, used as a proxy for biological aging. This meaning comes from Mitnitski (2001) in The Scientific World JOURNAL.[1]

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References

Mitnitski, A. B., Mogilner, A. J., & Rockwood, K. (2001). Accumulation of Deficits as a Proxy Measure of Aging. The Scientific World JOURNAL, 1, 323-336. https://doi.org/10.1100/tsw.2001.58

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