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Table 1 Sociodemographic of the study sample stratified by frailty level

From: Prevalence and association of frailty with SARS-CoV-2 infection in older adults in Southern Switzerland—Findings from the Corona Immunitas Ticino Study

 

Frailty status

 

Overall

Robust

Pre-frail

Frail

n (%)

660 (100)

274 (41.5)

318 (48.2)

68 (10.3)

Age (years ± SD)

72.7 (5.7)

71.4 (5.0)

73.0 (5.7)

76.2 (7.2)

Age groups (years)

65–69

237 (35.9)

124 (52.3)

98 (41.4)

15 (6.3)

70–74

212 (32.1)

82 (38.7)

113 (53.3)

17 (8.0)

75–79

126 (19.1)

47 (37.3)

66 (52.4)

13 (10.3)

 ≥ 80

85 (12.9)

21 (24.7)

41 (48.2)

23 (27.1)

Sex

Female

375 (56.8)

144 (38.4)

193 (51.5)

38 (10.1)

Male

285 (43.2)

130 (45.6)

125 (43.9)

30 (10.5)

Missing

0

Education level

None

8 (1.2)

2 (25)

6 (75)

0 (0)

Compulsory education

78 (11.9)

24 (30.8)

37 (47.4)

17 (21.8)

Higher secondary education

449 (68.65)

186 (41.4)

222 (49.4)

41 (9.1)

University education

119 (18.2)

60 (50.4)

49 (41.2)

10 (8.4)

Missing

6

Marital status

Single or not married

30 (4.6)

9 (30)

16 (53.3)

5 (16.7)

Married or in a civil union

439 66.9)

192 (43.7)

211 (48.1)

36 (8.2)

Widowed

103 (15.7)

33 (32)

50 (48.5)

20 (19.4)

Divorced/Separated or in a former civil union

84 (12.8)

37 (44)

40 (47.6)

7 (8.3)

Missing

4

Smoking status

Non-smoker

374 (57.2)

151 (40.4)

186 (49.7)

37 (9.9)

Past smoker

217 (33.2)

92 (42.4)

99 (45.6)

26 (12)

Current smoker

63 (9.6)

27 (42.9)

32 (50.8)

4 (6.3)

Missing

6

Self-reported income satisfaction

Not enough

9 (1.5)

3 (33.3)

3 (33.3)

3 (33.3)

Enough

327 (53.1)

120 (36.7)

165 (50.5)

42 (12.8)

More than enough

280 (45.5)

132 (47.1)

129 (46.1)

19 (6.8)

Missing

44

Multimorbidity

No

484 (73.3)

260 (94.9)

208 (65.4)

16 (23.5)

Yes

176 (26.7)

14 (5.1)

110 (34.6)

52 (76.5)

  1. Notes: Total percentages may not be 100% due to rounding