Table 2 Prevalence conditions of frailty across demographics (n(%))
Characteristics | Cases(n = 9996) | Non-frailty | Frailty | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | ||||
 65–69 | 4234(42.36) | 3615(85.40) | 618(14.60) | <.0001 |
 70–74 | 2790(27.91) | 2319(83.09) | 472(16.91) |  |
 75–79 | 1753(17.54) | 1364(77.81) | 389(22.19) |  |
 80–84 | 884(8.84) | 670(75.79) | 214(24.21) |  |
 85+ | 335(3.35) | 227(67.76) | 108(32.24) |  |
Gender | ||||
 Female | 4218(42.20) | 3370(79.90) | 848(20.10) | <.0001 |
 Male | 5778(57.80) | 4826(83.51) | 953(16.49) |  |
Nationality | ||||
 Han nationality | 9412(94.16) | 7784(82.70) | 1628(17.30) | <.0001 |
 Minority | 584(5.84) | 411(70.38) | 173(29.62) |  |
Education | ||||
 Illiteracy | 1638(16.39) | 1226(74.85) | 412(25.15) | <.0001 |
 Primary school | 2869(28.71) | 2338(81.49) | 531(18.51) |  |
 Middle school | 4027(40.29) | 3387(84.11) | 640(15.89) |  |
 Diploma and above | 1460(14.61) | 1242(85.07) | 218(14.93) |  |
BMI | ||||
  < 18.5 | 698(7.09) | 477(68.34) | 221(31.66) | <.0001 |
 18.5–23.9 | 4778(48.54) | 3915(81.94) | 863(18.06) |  |
 24–27.9 | 3377(34.31) | 2887(85.49) | 490(14.51) |  |
  > =28 | 991(10.07) | 822(82.95) | 169(17.05) |  |
Marital status | ||||
 Divorced or widowed | 1117(11.19) | 849(76.01) | 268(23.99) | <.0001 |
 Married | 8867(88.81) | 7336(82.73) | 1531(17.26) |  |
Admission to hospital | ||||
 Emergency department | 1319(13.20) | 979(74.22) | 340(25.78) | <.0001 |
 Outpatient department | 8284(82.87) | 6912(83.44) | 1372(16.56) |  |
 Transit from other hospitals | 329(3.29) | 251(76.29) | 78(23.71) |  |
 Other | 64(0.64) | 53(82.81) | 11(17.19) |  |
Living conditions | ||||
 Building with elevators | 3608 | 2965(82.18) | 643(17.82) | <.0001 |
 Building without elevators | 4694 | 3949(84.13) | 745(15.87) |  |
 Bungalow | 1694 | 1281(75.62) | 413(24.38) |  |
Smoking | ||||
 Non-smoker | 6608(66.11) | 5386(81.51) | 1222(18.49) | 0.0045 |
 Current smoker | 1114(11.14) | 953(85.55) | 161(14.45) |  |
 Former smoker | 2274(22.75) | 1856(81.62) | 418(18.38) |  |
Drinking history | ||||
 Non-drinker | 7647(76.50) | 6210(81.21) | 1437(18.79) | <.0001 |
 Current drinker | 1153(11.53) | 1026(88.99) | 127(11.01) |  |
 Former drinker | 1196(11.96) | 959(80.18) | 237(19.82) |  |
Fall history in last 12 months | ||||
 No | 8574(85.77) | 7158(83.48) | 1416(16.51) | <.0001 |
 Yes | 1422(14.23) | 1037(72.93) | 385(27.07) |  |
Cognition impairment | ||||
 No | 7469(79.43) | 6377(85.38) | 1092(14.62) | <.0001 |
 Yes | 1934(20.57) | 1413(73.06) | 521(26.94) |  |
Vision | ||||
 Normal | 7794(77.97) | 6532(83.81) | 1262(16.19) | <.0001 |
 Dysfunction | 2202(22.03) | 1663(75.52) | 539(24.48) |  |
Hearing | ||||
 Normal | 8057(80.60) | 6740(83.65) | 1317(16.35) | <.0001 |
 Dysfunction | 1939(19.40) | 1455(75.04) | 484(24.96) |  |
Sleeping | ||||
 Normal | 5611(56.13) | 4890(87.15) | 721(12.85) | <.0001 |
 Dysfunction | 4385(43.87) | 3305(75.37) | 1080(24.63) |  |
Urinary function | ||||
 Normal | 8596(85.99) | 7177(83.49) | 1419(16.51) | <.0001 |
 Dysfunction | 1400(14.11) | 1018(72.71) | 382(27.29) |  |
Defecation function | ||||
 Normal | 8744(87.47) | 7344*(83.99) | 1400(16.01) | <.0001 |
 Dysfunction | 1252(12.53) | 851(67.97) | 401(32.03) |  |
Department | ||||
 Medicine | 4694(46.96) | 3713(79.10) | 981(20.90) | <.0005 |
 Surgical | 3296(32.97) | 2897(87.89) | 399(12.11) |  |
 Neurology | 970(9.70) | 764(78.76) | 206(21.24) |  |
 ICU | 317(3.17) | 204(64.35) | 113(35.65) |  |
 Orthopaedics | 719(7.19) | 617(85.81) | 102(14.19) |  |