Question

in the 2001 cardiovascular health study, geriatrician linda fried argued that frailty in older adults represents neither accumulated chronic conditions nor functional limitations themselves but a distinct syndrome—one emerging from the former and ____ patients to the latter—marked by depleted physiological reserves.

4 mark for review
which choice completes the text with the most logical and precise word or phrase?
(a) allocating
(b) infuriating
(c) predisposing
(d) denominating

Explanation:

To solve this, we analyze each option:

• Option A: "allocating" means distributing, which doesn't fit the context of how frailty relates to patients and functional limitations.
• Option B: "infuriating" means angering, irrelevant to the medical/health context of frailty.
• Option C: "predisposing" means making someone likely to develop a condition. In the context, frailty emerging from chronic conditions would predispose patients to functional limitations, which makes sense.
• Option D: "denominating" means naming, which doesn't fit the relationship described.

Answer:

C. predisposing