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Table 3 Baseline gender and FIs and 5-year mortality by age-group

From: A frailty index based on routine laboratory data predicts increased risk of mortality in Chinese community-dwelling adults aged over 55 years: a five-year prospective study

Baseline characteristic

Age-group (years)

  
 

55–64

65–74

 > 75

 

n = 414

n = 478

n = 365

Women, n (%)

242 (58.5)

270 (56.5)

195 (53.4)

Mortality, n (%)

14 (3.4)

43 (9.0)

98 (26.8)

Mean FI-self-report (± SD)

0.08 ± 0.07

0.10 ± 0.09

0.17 ± 0.13

Mean FI-lab (± SD)

0.28 ± 0.15

0.33 ± 0.15

0.35 ± 0.13

Mean FI-combined (± SD)

0.15 ± 0.07

0.19 ± 0.09

0.23 ± 0.10

  1. Abbreviations: FI Frailty index
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