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Table 2 Assessment of patients as frail (vs. not frail)

From: Measuring frailty and its association with key outcomes in the ambulance setting: a cross sectional observational study

Characteristic

Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)

Individual characteristics

 Age category (ref: 50–54)

  55–59

1.0 (0.5–1.9)

  60–64

2.3 (1.3–3.9)

  65–69

2.8 (1.6–4.7)

  70–74

4.2 (2.5–6.9)

  75–79

6.6 (4.0-10.8)

  80–84

10.4 (6.3–17.0)

  85–89

14.4 (8.7–23.7)

  90+

27.8 (16.3–47.3)

Male

1.0 (0.8–1.2)

NEWS2 ≥ 5

1.9 (1.4–2.6)

Area characteristics

 Deprivation quintile (ref = 1, most deprived))

  2

0.9 (0.7–1.1)

  3

0.7 (0.6-1.0)

  4

0.6 (0.5–0.9)

  5 (least deprived)

0.7 (0.5–0.9)

Rural

0.6 (0.5–0.8)

Baseline

0.4 (0.2–0.6)