Background. Gender, social conditions, and health throughout the life course affect
functional health in later life. This article addresses two specific hypotheses: i) life-course …

Objectives. We examined the prevalence of frailty among Mexican American older adults
and explored the correlates associated with becoming frail to determine their affect on …

Abstract Background: The older Hispanic population of the United States is growing rapidly.
Hispanic older adults have relatively high-risk profiles for increased morbidity and disability …

Objectives: To identify sociodemographic characteristics and health performance variables
associated with frailty in older Mexican Americans. Design: A prospective population‐based …

Objective. To describe the characteristics and prognosis of subjects classified as frail in a
large sample of Mexican community-dwelling elderly. Materials and methods. An eleven …

Background: Frailty is a common risk factor for morbidity and mortality in older adults.
Although both low socioeconomic status (SES) and frailty are important sources of …

Background Previous research on frailty in older adults has focused on morbidity and
mortality. The purpose of this study was to elicit the relationship between being non-frail, pre …

Objectives: To investigate the relationship between accumulated health‐related problems
(deficits), which define a frailty index in older adults, and mortality in population‐based and …

Objectives: To define frailty using simple indicators; to identify risk factors for frailty as targets
for prevention; and to investigate the predictive validity of this frailty classification for death …

Background and aims: Relatively little is known about how region of residence influences
frailty of seniors. Frailty indexes can be used to investigate these effects. We constructed and …