The BELFRAIL (BFC80+) study : a population-based prospective cohort study of the very elderly in Belgium

Vaes, Bert;Pasquet, Agnes;Wallemacq, Pierre;Rezzoug, Nawel;Degryse, Jean-Marie;et.al.
(2010) BMC Geriatrics — Vol. 10, n° 1, p. 39 (2010)

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  • Vaes, BertUCLouvain
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  • Pasquet, AgnesUCLouvain
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  • Wallemacq, PierreUCLouvain
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  • Rezzoug, NawelUCLouvain
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  • Mekouar, HassanUCLouvain
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  • Olivier, Pierre-AlexandreUCLouvain
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  • Legrand, DelphineUCLouvain
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  • Matheï, CatharinaUCLouvain
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  • Van Pottelbergh, GijsUCLouvain
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  • Degryse, Jean-Marieorcid-logoUCLouvain
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Abstract
In coming decades the proportion of very elderly people living in the Western world will dramatically increase. This forthcoming "grey epidemic" will lead to an explosion of chronic diseases. In order to anticipate booming health care expenditures and to assure that social security is funded in the future, research focusing on the relationship between chronic diseases, frailty and disability is needed. The general aim of the BELFRAIL cohort study (BFC80+) is to study the dynamic interaction between health, frailty and disability in a multi-system approach focusing on cardiac dysfunction and chronic heart failure, lung function, sarcopenia, renal insufficiency and immunosenescence.
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Vaes, B., Pasquet, A., Wallemacq, P., Rezzoug, N., Mekouar, H., Olivier, P.-A., Legrand, D., Matheï, C., Van Pottelbergh, G., & Degryse, J.-M. (2010). The BELFRAIL (BFC80+) study : a population-based prospective cohort study of the very elderly in Belgium. BMC Geriatrics, 10(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-10-39 (Original work published 2010)