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Table 2 The Prevalence of Robust, Pre-frail and Frail among Older People by Gender and Age Groups (N = 2559)

From: Associations between lifestyle, physical and social environments and frailty among Chinese older people: a multilevel analysis

Frailty status

Gender

Age Group, n (%)

P trend

60-64y

65–69y

70-74y

≥75y

All Ages

 

Both Gender

      

Robust (0)

 

545 (49.2)

369 (41.1)

153 (34.9)

47 (40.2)

1114 (43.5)

 

Pre-frail (1–2)

 

400 (36.1)

382 (42.6)

191 (43.6)

39 (33.3)

1012 (39.5)

 

Frail (≥3)

 

162 (14.6)

146 (16.3)

94 (21.5)

31 (26.5)

433 (16.9)

< 0.001

 

Man

      

Robust (0)

 

225 (52.2)

178 (52.2)

73 (36.0)

25 (39.7)

501 (46.0)

 

Pre-frail (1–2)

 

144 (33.4)

157 (40.1)

86 (42.4)

17 (27.0)

404 (37.1)

 

Frail (≥3)

 

62 (14.4)

57 (14.5)

44 (21.7)

21 (33.3)

184 (16.9)

< 0.001

 

Woman

      

Robust (0)

 

320 (47.3)

191 (37.8)

80 (34.0)

22 (40.7)

613 (41.7)

 

Pre-frail (1–2)

 

256 (37.9)

225 (44.6)

105 (44.7)

22 (40.7)

608 (41.4)

 

Frail (≥3)

 

100 (14.8)

89 (17.6)

50 (21.3)

10 (18.5)

249 (16.9)

< 0.001