Journal of Global Health
Frailty linked to fewer healthy working years at age 50
Estimated healthy working life at 50 was 11.87 years in robust adults, 7.34 in pre-frail adults and 3.77 in frail adults.Estimated healthy working life at 50 was 11.87 years in robust adults, 7.34 in pre-frail adults and 3.77 in frail adults.
Cohort · 180,314 peoplePopulations
Who was studied180,314 adults aged 50 or older, against robust adults
What changedAt age 50, frail adults had 8.11 fewer estimated healthy working years than robust adults
The catchHealthy working years were model-based estimates