COVID-19 and associations with frailty and multimorbidity: a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants.

CONCLUSIONS: Frailty and multimorbidity do not appear to aid risk stratification, in terms of positive versus negative results of COVID-19 testing. Investigation of the prognostic value of these markers for adverse clinical sequelae following COVID-19 disease is urgently needed.
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Source: Aging Clinical and Experimental Research - July 22, 2020 Category: Geriatrics Authors: Woolford SJ, D'Angelo S, Curtis EM, Parsons CM, Ward KA, Dennison EM, Patel HP, Cooper C, Harvey NC Tags: Aging Clin Exp Res Source Type: research