Evidence of functional declining and global comorbidity measured at baseline proved to be the strongest predictors for long-term death in elderly community residents aged 85 years: a 5-year follow-up evaluation, the OCTABAIX study

Francesc Formiga1 Internal Medicine Department, Geriatric Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain;2 Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, SpainCorrespondence[email protected]

Assumpta Ferrer3 Primary Care Centre “El Plà”, Direcció d’Atenció Primària Costa de Ponent, Institut Català de la Salut, Sant Feliu de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Gloria Padros4 South Metropolitan Clinical Laboratory, Direcció d’Atenció Primària Costa de Ponent, Institut Català de la Salut, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Abelardo Montero1 Internal Medicine Department, Geriatric Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain;2 Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Carme Gimenez-Argente1 Internal Medicine Department, Geriatric Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier Corbella1 Internal Medicine Department, Geriatric Unit, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Institut Català de la Salut, Barcelona, Spain;2 Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute, IDIBELL, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain;5 Albert J Jovell Institute of Public Health and Patients, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

Evidence of functional declining and global comorbidity measured at baseline proved to be the strongest predictors for long-term death in elderly community residents aged 85 years: a 5-year follow-up evaluation, the OCTABAIX study

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