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Table 1 Distribution of risk of functional decline among SHERPA categories

From: Can we predict functional decline in hospitalized older people admitted through the emergency department? Reanalysis of a predictive tool ten years after its conception

 

1999 cohort (≥75 years)

2009 cohort (≥75 years)

SHERPA Category

N

n (%) decliners

N

n (%) decliners

1 = low risk

98

10 (10.2)

95

21 (22.1)

2

96

20 (20.8)

89

27 (30.3)

3

87

34 (39.1)

67

25 (37.3)

4 = high risk

74

41 (55.4)

54

29 (53.7)

 

355

105 (29.6)

c-statistic = 0.72 (p < 0.0001)

305

102 (33.4)

c-statistic = 0.63 (p < 0.0001)