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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of participants at baseline (T0)

From: A non-randomised controlled study to assess the effectiveness of a new proactive multidisciplinary care intervention for older people living with frailty

 

Intervention group

(N=199)

Control group

(N=54)

P-valuea

Age

 Median (IQR)

81 (75 to 85)

82 (77 to 86)

 

 Mean ±SD

80 ±7

81 ±7

0.350

 Min - max

65 to 99

65 to 97

 

 Missing (%)

0 (0.0)

3 (5.6)

 

Gender

 Male

82 (41.2)

28 (51.8)

0.162

 Female

117 (58.8)

26 (48.2)

 Missing (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Body Mass Index

 Median (IQR)

29.3 (25.4 to 33.5)

28.4 (27.7 to 37.4)

 

 Mean ±SD

29.7 ±6.7

30.9 ±6.4

0.275

 Min - max

15.2 to 53.8

20.4 to 46.2

 

 Missing (%)

5 (2.5)

4 (7.4)

 

Ethnicity

 White

171 (89.5)

52 (96.4)

0.177 b

 Others

20 (10.5)

2 (3.6)

 Missing (%)

8 (4.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Living alone

 No

106 (53.8)

27 (54.0)

0.981

 Yes

91 (46.2)

23 (46.0)

 Missing (%)

2 (1.0)

4 (7.4)

 

IMDc decile

 1 (most deprived)

72 (36.2)

0

 

 2

19 (9.6)

0

 

 3

16 (8.0)

2 (3.7)

 

 4

27 (13.6)

1 (1.8)

 

 5

19 (9.6)

1 (1.8)

 

 6

9 (4.5)

15 (27.8)

 

 7

8 (4.0)

10 (18.5)

 

 8

6 (3.0)

12 (22.2)

 

 9

10 (5.0)

4 (7.4)

 

 10 (least deprived)

13 (6.5)

9 (16.7)

 

 Median (IQR)

3 (1 to 5)

7 (6 to 8)

<0.001*

 Missing (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

AKPS

 40

0

16 (29.6)

 

 50

38 (19.1)

36 (66.7)

 

 60

60 (30.2)

2 (3.7)

 

 70

44 (22.1)

0

 

 80

44 (22.1)

0

 

 90

13 (6.5)

0

 

 Median (IQR)

70 (60 to 80)

50 (40 to 50)

<0.001*

 Missing (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. ap-value of: t-test for comparing means & SDs, Mann-Whitney test for comparing medians &IQRs, and Chi-square for categorical variables
  2. bFisher’s Exact test
  3. cIndex of multiple deprivations [17]