Defining frailty using a modified Fried’s Frailty Phenotype in a Southern African context

• E. I. Y. Madela ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: MadelaE@ukzn.ac.za, eiymadela@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Geriatrics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, Global Health and Ageing Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0043-3853

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• C. L. Gregson,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health and Ageing Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• F. Paruk,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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• A. J. Burton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health and Ageing Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4416-0538

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• R. Patel,

  Roles Formal analysis, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Musculoskeletal Research Unit, Translational Health Sciences, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9136-9529

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• H. Wilson,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health and Ageing Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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• F. Habana,

  Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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• A. M. Manyara,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Global Health and Ageing Research Unit, Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6276-926X

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• B. Mbanjwa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Internal Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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• L. Gates,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, United Kingdom

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• C. Grundy,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC International Statistics and Epidemiology Group, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

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• K. A. Ward,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Centre, Human Development and Health, University of Southampton, Southampton, England, United Kingdom

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7034-6750

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• B. Cassim

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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