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Trajectories of frailty, grip strength and gait speed preceding dementia: a nested case-control study.

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Trajectories of frailty, grip strength and gait speed preceding dementia: a nested case-control study.
Wu Z, Phyo AZZ, Cribb L, Vishwanath S, Orchard SG et al.
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BACKGROUND: Functional decline may be an early indicator of dementia. This study examined the trajectories of frailty, grip strength, and gait speed over the 11 years prior to dementia, compared to matched individuals without dementia. METHODS: A total of 1092 dementia cases were matched on age, sex and education to 4368 controls from a cohort of community-dwelling older adults recruited in Australia and the USA, aged 65 years or above at recruitment. Frailty was characterised by a deficit-accum...

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