Mortality data available (N= 11,384) | Mortality data not available (N= 5,920) | Significance of the difference (P) | |
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Frailty variables | |||
Exhaustion: yes (%) | 36.1 | 37.0 | 0.244χ |
Weight loss: yes (%) | 9.1 | 11.5 | < 0.001 χ |
Handgrip strength, Kg: mean (SD) | 26.9 (7.4) | 26.1 (7.8) | < 0.001 μ |
Slowness: yes (%) | 16.7 | 19.3 | < 0.001 χ |
Low activity: hardly ever, or never (%) | 12.3 | 18.1 | < 0.001 χ |
Frailty classes | |||
Non-frail (%) | 68.5 | 63.6 | < 0.001 χ |
Pre-frail (%) | 25.0 | 27.6 | 0.001 χ |
Frail (%) | 6.5 | 8.9 | < 0.001 χ |
Sociodemographic | |||
Age: mean (SD) | 63.6 (10.9) | 63.8 (11.4) | 0.627μ |
Years of education: mean (SD) | 9.4 (4.5) | 9.3 (4.4) | 0.499μ |
Physical | |||
Self-rated health (best:1; worst:5): mean (SD) | 3.0 (1.1) | 3.1 (1.1) | < 0.001 μ |
No. chronic diseases: mean (SD) | 1.6 (1.5) | 1.6 (1.5) | 0.057μ |
No. symptoms: mean (SD) | 1.7 (1.7) | 1.7 (1.8) | 0.057μ |
No. contacts with doctor in last year: mean (SD) | 6.8 (9.7) | 8.3 (11.9) | < 0.001 μ |
Admitted to hospital in last year (%) | 12.4 | 12.9 | 0.287χ |
Functional | |||
No. limitations with ADLs: mean (SD) | 0.22 (0.80) | 0.27 (0.93) | 0.054μ |
No. limitations with IADLs: mean (SD) | 0.39 (1.08) | 0.50 (1.22) | < 0.001 μ |
Received home care: personal/nursing (%) | 5.1 | 4.4 | 0.046χ |
Received home care: domestic tasks (%) | 6.5 | 7.5 | 0.023χ |
Psychological and cognitive | |||
EURO-D score (min: 0; max: 12) (SD) | 2.7 (2.3) | 2.8 (2.5) | 0.057μ |
Verbal fluency test score: mean (SD) | 18.8 (7.3) | 17.9 (7.6) | < 0.001 μ |
Delayed word recall score: mean (SD) | 3.6 (2.1) | 3.2 (2.0) | < 0.001 μ |