The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation
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The Fried frailty phenotype is associated with morbidity and mortality in lung transplant (LTx) candidates, but its clinical application and association with post-transplant outcomes are not well defined. We assessed 2 alternate frailty indices in LTx candidates and evaluated associations of frailty with early post-transplant outcomes and 1-year mortality. ⋯ There was good construct validity and acceptable agreement among the frailty indices. Despite significant disability pre-transplant, frail LTx candidates derived significant benefit with transplantation.