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Lung function decline and scan findings linked to later frailty

Each 1%-per-year drop in the volume of air forcibly exhaled in one second was linked to 1.47 times the odds of frailty at 10 years.Each 1%-per-year drop in the volume of air forcibly exhaled in one second was linked to 1.47 times the odds of frailty at 10 years.

Limit: Baseline frailty was unmeasured, so follow-up cases could already have been frail