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Table 1 Sociodemographic and health characteristics of the study sample

From: Accessing the discriminatory performance of FRAIL-NH in two-class and three-class frailty and examining its agreement with the frailty index among nursing home residents in mainland China

Variables

Mean ± SD / n (%)

Age, years

82.71 ± 8.49

Age group

 60–79 years

87 (28.8)

 80–100 years

215 (71.2)

Sex

 Male

87 (28.8)

 Female

215 (71.2)

Marital status

 Never Married/Divorced/Widowed

234 (77.5)

 Married

68 (22.5)

Education level

 Uneducated/Primary

145 (48.0)

 Secondary

118 (39.1)

 University

39 (12.9)

BMI, Kg/m2

22.94 ± 5.45

BMI

 Normal

186 (61.6)

 Overweight

81 (26.8)

 Obesity

35 (11.6)

FI, 0–1

0.27 ± 0.11

FRAIL-NH, 0–14

4.11 ± 3.65

  1. BMI Body mass index (weight/height2, kg/m2); FI Frailty Index; SD Standard deviation