Table 1 Frailty by quartiles at age 75 and FRAX score, fractures and falls

Frailty Index

0.002

(0.00–0.02)

0.08

(0.03–0.12)

0.18

(0.13–0.27)

0.41

(0.28–0.88)

–

–

 FRAX_{HIP no BMD}

13.4

(5.1–61.0)

13.3

(4.3–57.0)

14.1

(4.2–53.0)

14.4

(3.9–58.0)

1023

0.362

0.172

 FRAX_{MOF no BMD}

26.3

(14.0–68.0)

26.7

(13.0–68.0)

27.7

(12.0–64.0)

28.1

(12.0–69.0)

1023

0.151

0.051

Fractures

N^o

(%)

N^o

(%)

N^o

(%)

N^o

(%)

 Prior any fx (20-75y)

97

(21.2)

104

(22.8)

122

(26.7)

134

(29.3)

457

0.011

0.002

 Prior any fx (50-75y)

74

(19.3)

91

(23.8)

99

(25.8)

119

(31.1)

383

0.001

< 0.001

 Prior MOF (50-75y)

55

(23.9)

53

(22.1)

65

(27.1)

67

(27.9)

240

0.505

0.242

Falls in the last year ¹

N^o

(%)

N^o

(%)

N^o

(%)

N^o

(%)

 1 or more falls reported

31

(11.9)

43

(16.5)

78

(30.0)

108

(41.5)

260

< 0.001

< 0.001

 3 or more falls reported

2

(2.9)

5

(7.2)

21

(30.4)

41

(59.4)

69

< 0.001

< 0.001

Bone mineral density²

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

Median

IQR

 Femoral neck T-score

−1.78

(1.46)

−1.75

(1.60)

−1.98

(1.48)

−1.92

(1.56)

947

0.370

0.215

 Femoral neck BMD (g/cm²)

0.766

(0.175)

0.751

(0.191)

0.742

(0.177)

0.749

(0.187)

947

0.370

0.215