Table 3 Multinominal logistic regression assessing the relationship between BMI, pre-frailty and frailty

BMI ≥30.0 kg.m²

2.5(1.5, 4.2)*

2.1(1.2, 3.7)^†

8.3(3.3, 21.0)*

4.4(1.4, 13.6)^†

BMI 25.0-29.9 kg.m²

1.5(1.0, 2.3)^‡

1.4(1.0, 2.2)

2.2(1.0, 5.1)^‡

1.7(0.6, 4.7)

Age

1.1(1.1, 1.1)*

1.1(1.0, 1.1)*

1.2(1.2, 1.3)*

1.2(1.1, 1.2)*

Gender

0.7(0.4, 1.0)^‡

0.5(0.3, 0.8)^‡

0.5(0.3, 1.1)

0.2(0.1, 0.8)^‡

Social class

1.3(1.1, 1.4)*

1.1(0.8, 1.4)

Polypharmacy

0.9(0.6, 1.4)

0.6(0.2, 1.7)

Atrial fibrillation

0.5(0.2, 1.5)

0.7(0.1, 4.2)

Hypertension

1.1(0.7, 1.7)

1.9(0.8, 4.6)

Arthritis

0.9(0.6, 1.3)

0.6(0.2, 1.6)

Parkinson’s disease

0.3(0.1, 0.9)^‡

0.2(0.0, 1.2)

Congestive cardiac failure

0.6(0.4, 0.9)^‡

0.1(0.1,0.4)*

Peripheral vascular disease

0.3(0.1, 0.9)^‡

0.1(0.0, 0.6)^†

Diabetes

0.5(0.2, 1.1)

0.3(0.1, 1.2)

Cancer

0.6(0.2, 1.8)

0.1(0.0, 0.5)

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

0.8(0.4, 1.5)

0.3(0.1, 0.7)