Patient Characteristics by Frailty Status.
Patient Characteristics by Frailty Status.
| Participants (N=100) | Robust (n=14) | Pre-frail (n=59) | Frail (n=27) | P-Value |
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| Age, years, n (%) | ||||
| 65–69 (n=68) | 10 (14.7) | 44 (64.7) | 14 (20.6) | 0.042 |
| 70–75 (n=24) | 4 (16.7) | 13 (54.2) | 7 (29.2) | |
| >75 (n=8) | 0 | 2 (25.0) | 6 (75.0) | |
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| Sex, n (%) | ||||
| Male (n=52) | 12 (23.1) | 32 (61.5) | 8 (15.4) | 0.003 |
| Female (n=48) | 2 (4.2) | 27 (56.3) | 19 (39.6) | |
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| Residence, n (%) | ||||
| Urban (n=60) | 8 (13.3) | 37 (61.7) | 15 (25.0) | 0.63 |
| Rural (n=40) | 6 (15.0) | 22 (55.0) | 12 (30.0) | |
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| Education level, n (%) | ||||
| <High school (n=58) | 8 (13.8) | 36 (62.1) | 14 (24.1) | 0.56 |
| ≥High school (n=42) | 6 (14.3) | 23 (54.8) | 13 (31.0) | |
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| Co-habitation, n (%) | ||||
| Living with spouse (n=78) | 9 (11.5) | 46 (59.0) | 23 (29.5) | 0.31 |
| Living alone (n=22) | 5 (22.7) | 13 (59.1) | 4 (18.2) | |
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| GDS-5 score, n (%) | ||||
| ≥2 (n=57) | 10 (17.5) | 32 (56.1) | 15 (26.3) | 0.93 |
| <2 (n=43) | 4 (9.3) | 27 (62.8) | 12 (27.9) | |
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| Medical comorbidities, n (%) | ||||
| Hypertension (n=62) | 6 (9.7) | 40 (64.5) | 16 (25.8) | 0.50 |
| CAD (n=19) | 3 (15.8) | 11 (57.9) | 5 (26.3) | 0.31 |
| Hypothyroidism (n=12) | 1 (8.3) | 7 (58.3) | 4 (33.3) | 0.08 |
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| Polypharmacy, n (%) | ||||
| <5 types/day (n=53) | 8 (15.1) | 33 (62.3) | 12 (22.6) | 0.49 |
| ≥5 types/day (n=47) | 6 (12.8) | 26 (55.3) | 15 (31.9) | |
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| Personal habits, n (%) | ||||
| Smoker (n=18) | 5 (27.8) | 9 (50.0) | 4 (22.2) | 0.63 |
| Non-smoker (n=82) | 9 (11.0) | 50 (61.0) | 23 (28.0) | |
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| Drinks alcohol (n=33) | 5 (15.2) | 19 (57.6) | 9 (27.3) | 0.92 |
| Abstains from alcohol (n=67) | 9 (13.4) | 40 (59.7) | 18 (26.9) | |
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| Tobacco user (n=9) | 1 (11.1) | 5 (55.6) | 3 (33.3) | 0.62 |
| No tobacco use (n=91) | 13 (14.3) | 54 (59.3) | 24 (26.4) | |