Frailty and Fracture Disability and Falls: A Multiple Country Study from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW)

摘要

ObjectivesTo test whether women age ≥ 55 years with increasing evidence of a frailty phenotype would have greater risk of fractures, disability, and recurrent falls, compared with women who were not frail, across geographic areas (Australia, Europe, and North America) and age groups.