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Low gait speed and its related condition of frailty may modulate the effect of blood pressure on survival in elderly persons.
Gait speed and frailty may be important factors modulating the effect of blood pressure on survival in the elderly.
The article by Odden et al1 and the related commentary by Goodwin2 suggest that gait speed is an important vital sign in elderly persons and that the condition of frailty related with low speed may modulate the effect of blood pressure on survival.
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Rozzini et al. (2013) studied this question. Low gait speed and its related condition of frailty may modulate the effect of blood pressure on survival in elderly persons.
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