Cognitive Frailty as a Predictor of Mortality in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study in Peru.

Objective: To evaluate the role of cognitive frailty and its components as risk factors of mortality in older adults of the (CEMENA) in Callao, Peru during 2010-2015.

Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort that included older adults (60 years and older) treated at the CEMENA Geriatrics service between 2010-2015. Frailty was defined as the presence of three or more criteria of the modified Fried Phenotype.