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Fig. 2 | BMC Geriatrics

Fig. 2

From: Comparing clinician descriptions of frailty and geriatric syndromes using electronic health records: a retrospective cohort study

Fig. 2

Ten Most Common Geriatric Syndrome Patterns and Correlations with Frailty Label. The top half of the figure gives the ten most common individual geriatric syndrome combinations observed in “frail” patients. N gives the number of “frail” patients with each exact syndrome combination, and the % column gives the percentage out of all 2202 “frail” patients. The bottom half of the figure gives the percentage of all “frail” patients with each individual syndrome, as well as the Pearson correlation of each individual syndrome with the frailty label. Abbreviations – AFC: absence of fecal control; DEC: decubitus ulcer; DEM: dementia; FAL: falls; MAL: malnutrition; N: count; SSN: lack of social support; URC: severe urinary control issues; VIS: visual impairment; WEI: weight loss; WLK: walking difficulty

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