Physical frailty and cognitive impairment is associated with diabetes and adversely impact functional status and mortality.
CONCLUSION: Cognitive impairment and/or physical frailty are powerful prognostic factors identifying people with diabetes at high risk of mortality.
PMID: 29949390 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Postgraduate Medicine - Category: Internal Medicine Tags: Postgrad Med Source Type: research
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