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Table 4 Comparison of individual Fried frailty criteria across age categories among frail only participants defined using the Fried frailty criteria

From: Prevalence of frailty in Canadians 18–79 years old in the Canadian Health Measures Survey

Variable

18–49 years

(n = 263)

50–64 years

(n = 142)

65+ years

(n = 77)

Chi-Square

P-value

Exhaustion (% yes)

139 (52.9%)

34 (24.0%)

8 (11.0%)

<0.001

Physical activity (% inactive)a

-

-

-

<0.001

Mobility function (gait speed proxy, % mobility impairment)

13 (4.9%)

13 (9.3%)

7 (9.7%)

<0.001

Unintentional weight loss (% yes)

127 (48.1%)

29 (20.1%)

5 (7.1%)

<0.001

Weak grip strength (% yes)

33 (12.6%)

17 (12.2%)

9 (11.9%)

<0.001

  1. aAlmost all participants scored positive on the physically inactive category and thus did not report percentages based on Canadian Health Measures ethics. Categorical variables are displayed as frequency (%) and continuous variables are shown as mean (standard deviation). Frailty was defined as having 3–5 of the Fried criteria