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Table 2 Comparisons of physical activity patterns for frailty and its subdomains measured at 2015

From: The relationship between physical activity trajectories and frailty: a 20-year prospective cohort among community-dwelling older people

 

Physical activity pattern

 
 

Consistently inactive

(n = 2001)

Consistently active

(n = 1077)

Incline

(n = 785)

Decline

(n = 1268)

p

Age (mean [SD])

66.5

9.24

64.78

7.85

60.92

7.69

67.49

7.63

< 0.001

Female (%)

1039

51.9

368

34.2

375

47.8

589

46.5

< 0.001

OHIPq3 (mean [SD])

0.56

0.5

0.42

0.49

0.48

0.5

0.52

0.5

0.001

OHIPq7 (mean [SD])

0.29

0.46

0.22

0.41

0.25

0.43

0.28

0.45

0.097

SPMSQ (mean [SD])

9.42

2.14

9.82

1.91

9.51

2.04

8.78

2.64

< 0.001

Loneliness (mean [SD])

6.45

2.09

6.56

1.97

6.41

1.8

6.49

1.89

0.744

Life satisfaction (mean [SD])

2.89

1.43

3.37

1.21

3.24

1.26

2.93

1.4

< 0.001

CESD (mean [SD])

9.21

5.06

8.07

3.74

8.07

4.09

9.29

5.1

< 0.001

Frailty score at 2015 (mean [SD])

26

6.36

23.34

5.36

23.49

5.8

28.26

6.96

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Disease status (mean [SD])

1.77

1.39

1.8

1.27

1.78

1.25

2.21

1.46

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Sensory dysfunction (mean [SD])

0.5

0.7

0.32

0.55

0.35

0.62

0.58

0.73

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Balance dysfunction (mean [SD])

0.63

0.48

0.72

0.45

0.76

0.43

0.41

0.49

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Functional limitation measured by IADL (mean [SD])

2.64

3.15

1.31

2.1

1.41

2.32

4

3.32

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Functional limitation measured by ADL (mean [SD])

4.14

3.41

2.7

2.64

2.8

2.78

5.61

3.34

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Functional limitation measured by Social activities (mean [SD])

12.94

1.6

11.94

2.02

11.84

1.85

13.05

1.62

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Health risk behavior (mean [SD])

0.33

0.62

0.32

0.6

0.36

0.65

0.2

0.46

< 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Perceived health (mean [SD])

0.59

0.49

0.68

0.47

0.61

0.49

0.48

0.5

< 0.001

  1. The percentage was based on the corresponding responses divided by the total number of respondents. OHIPq3 = Oral Health Impact Profile question 3: Are you uncomfortable to eat due to an oral problem in recent 12 months? OHIPq7 = Oral Health Impact Profile question 7: Do you experience a worse taste due to an oral problem in recent 12 months? SPMSQ = Portable Mental Status Questionnaire Short. CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. ADL = Activities of Daily Living