Bernadette Wilhelmina Antonia van der Linden, Stefan Sieber, Boris Cheval, Dan Orsholits, Idris Guessous, Rainer Gabriel, Martina von Arx, Michelle Kelly-Irving, Marja Aartsen, David Blane, et al.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to assess whether cumulative disadvantage in childhood misfortune and adult-life socioeconomic conditions influence the risk of frailty in old age and whether welfare regimes influence these associations. METHOD: Data from 23,358 participants aged 50 years and older included in the longitudinal SHARE survey were used. Frailty was operationalized according to Fried's phenotype as presenting either weakness, shrinking, ...