Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 647-654 , June 2010

A correspondence analysis revealed frailty deficits aggregate and are multidimensional

  • Nadia Sourial

      Affiliations

    • Solidage Research Group, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Nadia Sourial, Christina Wolfson, and Howard Bergman contributed equally to the design and conduct of the study and to the preparation of the article.
    • ,
  • Christina Wolfson

      Affiliations

    • Solidage Research Group, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Suite P2.028, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Nadia Sourial, Christina Wolfson, and Howard Bergman contributed equally to the design and conduct of the study and to the preparation of the article.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: 514-934-1934 ext. 44739; fax: 514-934-4458.
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  • Howard Bergman

      Affiliations

    • Solidage Research Group, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, 3755 Cote-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Health Administration, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Nadia Sourial, Christina Wolfson, and Howard Bergman contributed equally to the design and conduct of the study and to the preparation of the article.
    • ,
  • Bin Zhu

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Suite P2.028, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Sathya Karunananthan

      Affiliations

    • Solidage Research Group, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Jacqueline Quail

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Suite P2.028, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • John Fletcher

      Affiliations

    • Solidage Research Group, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Deborah Weiss

      Affiliations

    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, 1025 Pine Avenue West, Suite P2.028, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • ,
  • Karen Bandeen-Roche

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • ,
  • François Béland

      Affiliations

    • Solidage Research Group, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Division of Geriatric Medicine, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, 3755 Cote-Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    • Department of Health Administration, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

,Accepted 6 August 2009.

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 The authors report no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0895-4356(09)00238-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.08.007

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 6 , Pages 647-654 , June 2010

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