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Table 4 Frailty status and recovery from IADL disability

From: Association of Frailty with recovery from disability among community-dwelling Chinese older adults: China health and retirement longitudinal study

N = 598

Recovered No. (%)

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Minimally Adjusted a

Fully Adjusted b

Total

293 (49.0)

  

Frailty

 Non-frail

124 (54.4)

Ref.

Ref.

 Prefrail

157 (47.6)

0.79 (0.56, 1.12)

0.88 (0.61, 1.27)

 Frail

12 (30.0)

0.42 (0.20, 0.90)

0.48 (0.21, 1.07)

  1. Abbreviations: CI confidence interval, IADL instrumental activities of daily living
  2. Notes: Participants who died in the following visit after the onset of incident disability were included and considered not to recover. Participants who were alive but not interviewed in the following visit after the onset of incident disability were excluded
  3. a age, sex, and severity of IADL disability (1 vs. 2+ difficulties)
  4. b age, sex, severity of IADL disability (1 vs. 2+ difficulties), education, marital status, BMI, smoking status, CESD, cognition, and number of chronic conditions