Table 4 Mean values and predictive ability of the frailty indices constructed with and without dichotomization of health deficits included in each frailty index
From: Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index
Mean FI score* (SD) | ROC area (CI) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survey | Male FIordinal | Male FIdichotomous | Female FIordinal | Female FIdichotomous | Male FIordinal | Male FIdichotomous | Female FIordinal | Female FIdichotomous |
NSHS | 0.10 (0.08) | 0.11 (0.08) | 0.12 (0.10) | 0.13 (0.11) | 0.76 (0.73,0.80) | 0.76 (0.73,0.79) | 0.80 (0.77,0.84) | 0.80 (0.77,0.83) |
SHARE | 0.16 (0.12) | 0.13 (0.12) | 0.19 (0.13) | 0.17 (0.14) | 0.77 (0.75,0.78) | 0.77 (0.75,0.78) | 0.78 (0.76,0.80) | 0.78 (0.76,0.80) |
Yale-PEP | 0.23 (0.10) | 0.21 (0.12) | 0.26 (0.11) | 0.25 (0.14) | 0.70 (0.63,0.77) | 0.69 (0.62,0.76) | 0.68 (0.63,0.73) | 0.66 (0.61,0.71) |