Table 2 The prevalence of frailty and its sub-criteria according to wartime separation status for the entire cohort and separately for men and women
From: Early life stress and frailty in old age: the Helsinki birth cohort study
Separated (N = 117) | Non-separated (N = 855) | pa | |
|---|---|---|---|
Frailty classification | 0.31 | ||
Non-frail (%) | 51.3 | 57.5 | |
Men (%) | 50.0 | 58.0 | 0.26 |
Women (%) | 52.5 | 57.2 | 0.48 |
Pre-frail (%) | 43.6 | 39.3 | |
Men (%) | 42.9 | 39.7 | 0.65 |
Women (%) | 44.3 | 39.0 | 0.43 |
Frail (%) | 5.1 (N = 6) | 3.2 (N = 27) | |
Men (%) | 7.1 (N = 4) | 2.3 (N = 9) | 0.048 |
Women (%) | 3.3 (N = 2) | 3.8 (N = 18) | 0.84 |
Frailty criteria | |||
Weight loss (%) | 3.4 | 5.6 | 0.33 |
Men (%) | 7.3 | 6.1 | 0.80 |
Women (%) | 4.9 | 5.5 | 0.61 |
Exhaustion (%) | 9.4 | 6.9 | 0.30 |
Men (%) | 3.7 | 5.2 | 0.76 |
Women (%) | 14.8 | 8.3 | 0.097 |
Low physical activity (%) | 8.5 | 9.8 | 0.66 |
Men (%) | 5.4 | 7.8 | 0.60 |
Women (%) | 11.5 | 11.4 | 0.99 |
Slowness (%) | 24.8 | 19.1 | 0.15 |
Men (%) | 28.6 | 19.1 | 0.098 |
Women (%) | 21.3 | 19.1 | 0.68 |
Weakness (%) | 22.2 | 19.3 | 0.36 |
Men (%) | 28.6 | 18.1 | 0.065 |
Women (%) | 17.5 | 20.4 | 0.61 |