From: The importance of different frailty domains in a population based sample in England
Characteristics | na | Total (N = 9803) | Men (n = 4653) | Women (n = 5150) | P valuec |
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Age, M ± sd (min-max) | 9803 | 77.9 ± 5.7 (70.0–101.0) | 77.7 ± 5.6 (70.0–100.7) | 78.1 ± 5.8 (70.0–101.0) | < 0.001 |
Age category, n (%): | 9803 | Â | Â | Â | 0.003 |
 70–74 |  | 3670 (37.5) | 1795 (38.6) | 1875 (36.4) |  |
 75–79 |  | 2885 (29.4) | 1376 (29.6) | 1509 (29.3) |  |
 80–84 |  | 1951 (19.9) | 909 (19.5) | 1042 (20.2) |  |
 85–89 |  | 983 (10.0) | 441 (9.5) | 542 (10.5) |  |
 90+ |  | 314 (3.2) | 132 (2.8) | 182 (3.6) |  |
Ethnic group, white | 9725 | 9630 (99.0) | 4565 (98.6) | 5065 (99.4) | < 0.001 |
Married or cohabiting, n (%) | 9765 | 6170 (63.2) | 3638 (78.5) | 2532 (49.3) | < 0.001 |
Living alone, n (%) | 9745 | 3217 (33.0) | 902 (19.5) | 2315 (45.2) | < 0.001 |
Age when left full time education, M ± sd (min-max) | 9648 | 16.8 ± 4.7 (10.0–79.0) | 16.9 ± 4.7 (10.0–79.0) | 16.7 ± 4.6 (10.0–78.0) | 0.020 |
Body Mass Index (BMI), kg/m2, M ± sd (min-max) | 9480 | 26.5 ± 4.6 (11.6–57.5) | 26.6 ± 4.2 (12.8–49.6) | 26.3 ± 5.0 (11.6–57.5) | 0.006 |
Clock-drawing,b M ± sd (min-max) | 9621 | 5.5 ± 0.9 (0–6) | 5.6 ± 0.9 (0–6) | 5.5 ± 1.0 (0–6) | 0.009 |
Clock-drawing, score of 6, n (%) | 9621 | 6865 (71.4) | 3279 (71.8) | 3586 (71.0) | 0.144 |
Self-rated health, n (%) | 9718 |  |  |  | < 0.001 |
 Excellent or very good |  | 4314 (44.4) | 2175 (47.1) | 2139 (41.9) |  |
 Good |  | 3470 (35.7) | 1570 (34.0) | 1900 (37.2) |  |
 Fair or poor |  | 1934 (19.9) | 870 (18.9) | 1064 (20.9) |  |
Health conditions, n (%): | |||||
 Angina or heart troubles | 9342 | 2697 (28.9) | 1493 (33.2) | 1204 (24.9) | < 0.001 |
 Anxiety, depression, other | 9116 | 1114 (12.2) | 412 (9.4) | 702 (14.8) | < 0.001 |
 Arthritis (RA or OA) | 9405 | 4403 (46.8) | 1643 (37.0) | 2760 (55.7) | < 0.001 |
 Cancer (active) | 9042 | 1316 (14.6) | 696 (15.9) | 620 (13.3) | < 0.001 |
 Chronic lung disease | 9030 | 641 (7.1) | 344 (7.9) | 297 (6.4) | 0.005 |
 Dementia | 8885 | 68 (0.8) | 46 (1.1) | 22 (0.5) | 0.001 |
 Diabetes | 9135 | 1403 (15.4) | 770 (17.5) | 633 (13.4) | < 0.001 |
 Osteoporosis | 9012 | 1172 (13.0) | 195 (4.6) | 977 (20.7) | < 0.001 |
 Parkinson’s disease | 8867 | 93 (1.1) | 58 (1.3) | 35 (0.8) | 0.006 |
 Urinary incontinence | 8989 | 933 (10.4) | 396 (9.2) | 537 (11.5) | < 0.001 |
 Stroke, with affected side | 452 | 174 (38.5) | 95 (39.9) | 79 (36.9) | 0.513 |
Adverse health states, n (%): | |||||
 At least one fall in past year | 9737 | 3150 (32.4) | 1382 (29.9) | 1768 (34.6) | < 0.001 |
 No walking or less than 1 h/day spent walking | 9754 | 2566 (26.3) | 1227 (26.5) | 1339 (26.2) | 0.733 |
 Unable to get unaided, out and about on foot outside the house | 9763 | 1952 (20.0) | 702 (15.1) | 1250 (24.4) | < 0.001 |
 Some problems or unable to wash or dress oneself | 9710 | 931 (9.6) | 418 (9.1) | 513 (10.1) | 0.094 |
 Some problems or unable to perform usual activities | 9708 | 3108 (32.0) | 1295 (28.1) | 1813 (35.6) | < 0.001 |
 Does not have a lot of energy, all or most of the time | 9685 | 5038 (52.0) | 2152 (46.7) | 2886 (56.8) | < 0.001 |
 Accomplishes less than likes, all or most of the time, due to physical health | 9682 | 1375 (14.2) | 806 (15.9) | 569 (12.4) | < 0.001 |