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Table 5 Cox proportional hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals for time until death

From: Comparison of alternate scoring of variables on the performance of the frailty index

Survey

NSHS

SHARE

Yale-PEP

FI-type

FIordinal

FIdichotomous

FIordinal

FIdichotomous

FIordinal

FIdichotomous

HR FI (CI)

1.04 (1.03,1.05)

1.03 (1.02,1.04)

1.04 (1.04,1.04)

1.04 (1.04,1.04)

1.04 (1.03,1.05)

1.03 (1.02,1.04)

HR age (CI)

1.11 (1.10,1.12)

1.11 (1.10,1.12)

1.08 (1.07,1.09)

1.08 (1.08,1.09)

1.08 (1.06,1.09)

1.08 (1.06,1.10)

HR sex (CI)

0.51 (0.41,0.62)

0.53 (0.42,0.65)

0.50 (0.45,0.55)

0.50 (0.45,0.55)

0.65 (0.54,0.79)

0.64 (0.53,0.77)

p-value FI

<10-8

<10-8

<10-43

<10-43

<10-5

<10-5

p-value age

<10-8

<10-8

<10-43

<10-43

<10-5

<10-5

p-value sex

<10-8

<10-8

<10-43

<10-43

<10-5

<10-5

  1. CI = Confidence Intervals, FI = frailty index.
  2. SHARE = Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.
  3. NSHS = Nova Scotia Health Survey.
  4. Yale-PEP = Yale Precipitating Events Project.