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Table 3 Associations between physical frailty measures and independent categorical variables

From: Prevalence and determinants of physical frailty among people living in residential aged care facilities: a large-scale retrospective audit

Independent variable

SPPB total score Median (IQR)

Kruskall-Wallis Rank Test Adjusted Chi-squared (p-value)*

Grip Strength Median (IQR)

Kruskall-Wallis Rank Test Adjusted Chi-squared (p-value)*

Pension status

 None

4 (2 to 7)

2.517 (0.2840)

14 (11 to 20)

1.839 (0.3988)

 Part

4 (0 to 7)

 

15 (10 to 20)

 

 Full

4 (1 to 6)

 

14 (10 to 19)

 

Marital status

 Single/widowed/separated

4 (0 to 6)

2.236 (0.1325)

13 (10 to 18)

19.49 (0.0001)

 Married/relationship

4 (1 to 7)

 

16 (11 to 21)

 
  1. *The test of difference in Table 3 uses a Kruskal-Wallis rank test and reports the adjusted Chi-squared statistic (adjusted for ties), and the p-value; Bold represents significance at p ≤ 0.05
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BMC Geriatrics

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