Study outcomes | Total | Frailty | Non-frailty | P-value |
---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 20,527) | (n = 2303) | (n = 18,224) | ||
Outcomes | ||||
 In-hospital mortality | 2633 (12.8) | 236 (10.2) | 2397 (13.1) | < 0.001 |
 Discharge to institutional care | 7843 (44.0) | 1503 (72.8) | 6340 (40.2) | < 0.001 |
 Tracheostomy or gastrostomy tube placement | 3569 (17.4) | 1080 (46.8) | 2489 (13.7) | < 0.001 |
 Postoperative complications | 16,348 (79.7) | 2194 (95.3) | 14,154 (77.7) | < 0.001 |
  Neurological | 6033 (29.4) | 822 (35.7) | 5211 (28.6) | < 0.001 |
  Cardiac | 1856 (9.1) | 328 (14.3) | 1528 (8.4) | < 0.001 |
  Pulmonary | 9406 (45.9) | 1697 (73.6) | 7709 (42.3) | < 0.001 |
  Renal | 1106 (5.4) | 246 (10.8) | 860 (4.7) | < 0.001 |
  Gastrointestinal | 1156 (5.6) | 299 (13.0) | 857 (4.7) | < 0.001 |
  Venous thromboembolic | 1866 (9.2) | 383 (16.8) | 1483 (8.2) | < 0.001 |
  Hematological | 4894 (23.9) | 921 (40.1) | 3973 (21.9) | < 0.001 |
  Sodium disturbance | 7325 (35.7) | 1097 (47.6) | 6228 (34.1) | < 0.001 |
  Infectious | 7708 (37.6) | 1415 (61.3) | 6293 (34.6) | < 0.001 |