Trajectories of functional decline in older adults with neuropsychiatric and cardiovascular multimorbidity: A Swedish cohort study.

BACKGROUND:Functional decline is a strong health determinant in older adults, and chronic diseases play a major role in this age-related phenomenon. In this study, we explored possible clinical pathways underlying functional heterogeneity in older adults by quantifying the impact of cardiovascular (...

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Main Authors: Davide L Vetrano, Debora Rizzuto, Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga, Graziano Onder, Anna-Karin Welmer, Roberto Bernabei, Alessandra Marengoni, Laura Fratiglioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-03-01
Series:PLoS Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002503