Table 1 Patient characteristics
From: Influence of oral health on frailty in patients with type 2 diabetes aged 75 years or older
Total (n =111) | Robust (n = 66) | Pre-frailty (n = 33) | Frailty (n = 12) | p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sex (male), n (%) | 72 (64.9%) | 49 (74.2%) | 18 (54.5%) | 5 (41.7%) | 0.032 | |
Age (y.o.), mean±SD | 79.7 ± 3.8 | 78.8 ± 3.1 | 80.7 ± 4.4 | 82.3 ± 3.5 | 0.004 | |
BMI, mean±SD | 23.2 ± 3.8 | 22.8 ± 3.8 | 23.9 ± 4.2 | 23.3 ± 2.5 | 0.336 | |
Duration of diabetes (years), mean±SD | 20.4 ± 11.1 | 19.7 ± 10.5 | 19.5 ± 10.6 | 26.4 ± 14.5 | 0.182 | |
≤20 years, n (%) | 57 (51.4%) | 35 (53.0%) | 19 (57.6%) | 3 (25.0%) | 0.131 | |
>20 years, n (%) | 54 (48.6%) | 31 (47.0%) | 14 (42.4%) | 9 (75.0%) | ||
HbA1c (%), mean±SD | 7.1 ± 0.7 | 7.1 ± 0.6 | 7.3 ± 0.9 | 7.2 ± 0.6 | 0.615 | |
Frailty screening index, mean±SD | 0.8 ± 1.1 | 0 ± 0 | 1.5 ± 0.5 | 3.3 ± 0.5 | <0.001 | |
OFI-8 score, mean±SD | 3.9 ± 2.0 | 3.3 ± 1.8 | 4.4 ± 1.8 | 5.8 ± 2.4 | <0.001 | |
Score <4, n (%) | 52 (46.8%) | 39 (59.1%) | 11 (33.3%) | 2 (16.7%) | 0.003 | |
Score ≥4, n (%) | 59 (53.2%) | 27 (40.9%) | 22 (66.7%) | 10 (83.3%) | ||
DASC-8, mean±SD | 10.2 ± 3.0 | 9.2 ± 1.3 | 11.1 ± 3.7 | 13.6 ± 4.4 | <0.001 | |
Category I, n (%) | 80 (72.1%) | 57 (86.4%) | 19 (57.6%) | 4 (33.3%) | - | |
Category II, n (%) | 25 (22.5%) | 9 (13.6%) | 11 (33.3%) | 5 (41.7%) | ||
Category III, n (%) | 6 (5.4%) | 0 | 3 (9.1%) | 3 (25.0%) | ||