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Table 2 Patient Demographics and Clinical Characteristics Relative to the Self-reported Edmonton Frailty Scale

From: Validation of the self-reported domains of the Edmonton Frail Scale in patients 65 years of age and older

Characteristics

Total

(N = 535)

srEFS < 5

Non-High Risk for Frailty

(n = 422)

srEFS ≥ 5

High Risk for Frailty (HRF)

(n = 113)

P-Valueλ

Age, median (IQR)

72.0 (68.0, 77.0)

71.0 (68.0, 76.0)

75.0 (71.0, 79.0)

 < 0.001

Sex, n (%)

 Male

320 (59.8)

252 (59.7%)

68 (60.2%)

1.00

 Female

215 (40.2)

170 (40.3%)

45 (39.8%)

Race, n (%)

 White

399 (74.6)

328 (77.7%)

71 (62.8%)

0.01

 Black

106 (19.8)

72 (17.1%)

34 (30.1%)

 Othera

30 (5.6)

22 (5.2%)

8 (7.1%)

BMI, n (%)

 < 25 kg/m2

164 (30.7)

123 (29.1%)

41 (36.3%)

0.17

 ≥ 25 kg/m2

371 (69.4)

299 (70.9%)

72 (63.7%)

HCC, n (%)

 < 1

302 (56.5)

259 (61.4%)

43 (38.1%)

 < 0.001

 ≥ 1

233 (43.6)

163 (38.6%)

70 (61.9%)

OSS, n (%)

 < 3

356 (66.5)

280 (66.4%)

76 (67.3%)

0.91

 ≥ 3

179 (33.5)

142 (33.6%)

37 (32.7%)

Patient Status, n (%)

 Outpatient

241 (45.1)

191 (45.3%)

50 (44.2%)

0.92

 Inpatient

294 (54.9)

231 (54.7%)

63 (55.8%)

LOS, median (IQR)

1.0 (0.0, 2.0)

1.0 (0.0, 1.0)

1.0 (0.0, 2.0)

0.57

Mortality, n (%)

 No

514 (96.1)

409 (96.9%)

105 (92.9%)

0.060

 Yes

21 (3.9)

13 (3.1%)

8 (7.1%)

LOI, n (%)

 No

497 (93.0)

407 (96.4%)

90 (79.6%)

 < 0.001

 Yes

38 (7.0)

15 (3.6%)

23 (20.4%)

  1. srEFS self-reported Edmonton frailty scale (≥ 5 considered frail), OSS Operative Stress Score, IQR Interquartile range, LOS length of hospital stay, LOI postoperative loss of independence
  2. aAsian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, or unknown
  3. λP-value Chi Squared and exact (n < 10) tests for proportions and non-parametric Wilcoxon rank-sum tests for medians