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Table 3 The reclassification performance and improvement in discrimination by the three aging metrics incorporating cognitive and physical functiona

From: Aging metrics incorporating cognitive and physical function capture mortality risk: results from two prospective cohort studies

Aging metrics

Delta C-statistic

P value

IDI

P value

NRI

P value

CHARLS

 CI-PF

0.008

0.017

0.011

< 0.001

0.211

< 0.001

 FI

0.006

0.130

0.009

< 0.001

0.155

< 0.001

 MCR

0.0003

0.843

0.001

0.035

−0.027

0.441

NHANES

 CI-PF

0.021

< 0.001

0.033

< 0.001

0.568

< 0.001

 FI

0.029

< 0.001

0.043

< 0.001

0.332

< 0.001

 MCR

0.003

0.033

0.007

< 0.001

0.125

< 0.001

  1. IDI integrated discrimination improvement, NRI net reclassification index, CHARLS China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study, CI-PF cognitive impairment and physical frailty, FI frailty index, MCR Motoric Cognitive Risk syndrome, NHANES National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey
  2. Notes: aWe calculated the IDI and continuous NRI using the R package “PredictABEL”, in comparison to that of the model with age and sex