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Predicting Survival in Oldest Old People
In a cohort of oldest old people (over age 85), slow gait speed and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living disability are both predictors of survival.
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Measures of physical performance are regarded as useful objective clinical tools to estimate survival in elderly people. However, oldest old people, aged 85 years or more, are underrepresented in earlier...
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