Prevalence and Outcomes of Frailty in Korean Elderly Population: Comparisons of a Multidimensional Frailty Index with Two Phenotype Models

Hee-Won Jung; Sun-Wook Kim; Soyeon Ahn; Jae-Young Lim; Ji-Won Han; Tae-Hui Kim; Ki-Woong Kim; Kwang-il Kim; Cheol-Ho Kim

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0087958

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Prevalence and Outcomes of Frailty in Korean Elderly Population: Comparisons of a Multidimensional Frailty Index with Two Phenotype Models

Hee-Won Jung,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Sun-Wook Kim,

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Soyeon Ahn,

Affiliation Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea
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Jae-Young Lim,

Affiliations Department of Rehabilitation, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ji-Won Han,

Affiliations Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Tae-Hui Kim,

Affiliations Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Ki-Woong Kim,

Affiliations Department of Neuropsychiatry, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, Department of Brain and Cognitive Science, Seoul National University College of Natural Sciences, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Kwang-il Kim ,

* E-mail: kikim907@snu.ac.kr

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Cheol-Ho Kim

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Republic of Korea, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Prevalence and Outcomes of Frailty in Korean Elderly Population: Comparisons of a Multidimensional Frailty Index with Two Phenotype Models

Hee-Won Jung,
Sun-Wook Kim,
Soyeon Ahn,
Jae-Young Lim,
Ji-Won Han,
Tae-Hui Kim,
Ki-Woong Kim,
Kwang-il Kim,
Cheol-Ho Kim

Published: February 4, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0087958

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