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Table 1 Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics

From: Frailty and functional dependence in older population: lessons from the FREEDOM Limousin – Nouvelle Aquitaine Cohort Study

Age, mean ± SD, (N=1071)

83.7 ± 6.0

Sex, women, n/N (%)

740/1085 (68.3%)

Marital status and children (N=1083)

 Married/common low partner

467 (43.1%)

 Widowed/divorced/unmarried

616 (56.9%)

 At least one children

957 (88.4%)

 Living alone

583 (53.8%)

Socio-professional categorya(N=1031)

 Low

736 (71.4%)

 Intermediate

180 (17.5%)

 High

115 (11.2%)

Educationb(N=1083)

 Low

203 (18.7%)

 Medium

468 (43.2%)

 High

412 (38.0%)

Vital signs (mean±SD)

 Systolic blood pressure (mmHg), N=1039

134.3 ± 16.8

 Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg), N=1039

73.3 ± 10.0

 Heart rate (bpm), N=1018

70.9 ± 9.7

 Body mass index (kg/m2), N=1054

26.5 ± 5.2

Abnormal clinical examination (N=1074)

 

 Cardiovascular

882 (82.1%)

 Musculoskeletal system

473 (44.0%)

 Neurologic

343 (31.9%)

 Skin

170 (15.8%)

 Abdomen

140 (13.0%)

 Oral health

134 (12.5%)

 Pulmonary

100 (9.3%)

 Hydration

51 (4.7%)

Cardiovascular morbidities, n/N (%)

 Hypertension

792/1054 (75.1%)

 Dyslipidaemia

497 /1049 (47.4%)

 Obesity

272/1047 (26.0%)

 Diabetes

226/1048 (21.6%)

 Smoking

140/1045 (13.4%)

 Alcohol consumption

47/1050 (4.5%)

 At least one comorbidity

933/1055 (88.4%)

 At least two comorbidities

605/1055 (57.3%)

 5 and more medications daily

846/1014 (83.4%)

Health status and frailty

 MNA total score, mean ± SD, (N=1062)

23.3 ± 4.1

  < 17

80/1062 (7.5%)

  17 – 24

396/1062 (37.3%)

  ≥ 24

586/1062 (55.2%)

 SPPB total score, mean ± SD, (N=911)

6.7 ± 3.6

  0 – 6

428/911 (47.0%)

  7 – 9

240/911 (26.3%)

10-12

243/911 (26.7%)

 Fried total score, mean ± SD, (N=753)

2.0 ± 1.2

  Frail

240/753 (31.9%)

  Pre-frail

439/753 (58.3%)

  Robust

74/753 (9.8%)

 EQ-VAS, mean ± SD, (N=792)

57.8 ± 18.2

Mental function

 MMSE total score, mean ± SD, (N=973)

24.2 ± 4.9

  Pathologic MMSE

384/973 (39.5%)

 5-WT, mean ± SD, (N=826)

9.1 ± 1.7

  5-WT < 9

170/826 (20.6%)

 CDT failure

417/823 (50.7%)

 At least one pathologic verbal fluency

510/727 (70.2%)

  Pathologic categorial fluency

451/727 (62.0%)

  Pathologic literal fluency

227/727 (31.2%)

 GDS, mean ± SD, (N=810)

9.9 ± 5.5

  5 – 9 (risk of depression)

272/810 (33.6%)

  9 (depression)

397/810 (49.0%)

Functional status

 ADL score, mean ± SD, (N=1070)

5.0 ± 1.2

  ADL ≤ 5

716/1070 (66.9%)

 IADL score, mean ± SD, (N=1069)

5.1 ± 2.3

  IADL ≤ 7

910/1069 (85.1%)

 SMAF total score, mean ± SD, (N=1063)

-21.6 ± 14.5

  0 – -8 (independent)

197/1063 (18.5%)

  -8 – -16 (moderate dependency)

232/1063 (21.8%)

  ≤ -16 (loss of independence)

634/1063 (59.6%)

 GIR score, mean ± SD, (N=1053)

4.6 ± 1.3

  GIR 1 or 2 (strong dependency)

66/1053 (6.3%)

  GIR 3 or 4 (moderate dependency)

474/1053 (45.0%)

  GIR 5 or 6 (mild dependency)

513/1053 (48.7%)

  1. aLow (employee, worker, farmer, housewife/husband); High (Manager, Executive manager, licensed professional), intermediate (other status)
  2. bLow (can read, write, count); medium (primary certificate level); high (secondary school, high school, university)