by Hugh Logan Ellis, Peter Hanlon, Liam Dunnell, Martin Whyte, Daniel H. J. Davis, Josephine Bates, Adeel Jafri, Diana Shamsutdinova, James T. Teo, Zina Ibrahim, Kenneth Rockwood Background Laboratory-based frailty indices (FI-Lab) have shown promise in geriatric medicine research. We aimed, in diverse samples, to determine the optimal construction of an FI-Lab for acute care and evaluate its validity as a measure of latent health status across the adult life span. Methods and findings Our retrospective multicohort study used emergency…

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by Hugh Logan Ellis, Peter Hanlon, Liam Dunnell, Martin Whyte, Daniel H. J. Davis, Josephine Bates, Adeel Jafri, Diana Shamsutdinova, James T. Teo, Zina Ibrahim, Kenneth Rockwood Background Laboratory-based frailty indices (FI-Lab) have shown promise in geriatric medicine research. We aimed, in diverse samples, to determine the optimal construction of an FI-Lab for acute care and evaluate its validity as a measure of latent health status across the adult life span. Methods and findings Our retrospective multicohort study used emergency…

This is a developing story.

Source: Evaluation of the FI-Lab, a laboratory-based, automated frailty index for…