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Table 3 Association between transitions of IC and frailty and 3-year ADL and IADL disability

From: Associations between transitions of intrinsic capacity and frailty status, and 3-year disability

IC and frailty

ADL disability a

IADL disability b

Multivariable model OR (95% CI)

P value

Multivariable model

OR (95% CI)

P value

Transitions of IC

 Kept well

1(reference)

/

1(reference)

/

 Improved

1.61(0.65–3.99)

0.307

0.73(0.19–2.79)

0.648

 Worsened

1.70(0.89–3.23)

0.108

1.46(0.68–3.14)

0.331

 Kept poor

2.26(1.17–4.34)

0.015

3.74(1.79–7.82)

 < 0.001

Transitions of frailty

 Kept not-frail or improved

1(reference)

/

1(reference)

/

 Kept frail or worsened

1.72(0.81–3.65)

0.196

1.87(0.79–4.41)

0.155

  1. IC Intrinsic capacity, ADL Activity of daily living, IADL Instrumental activity of daily living, OR Odds ratio, CI Confident interval
  2. a N = 734 adjusted age, sex, ethnicity, education, marital status, smoking, drinking, number of chronic diseases, transitions of frailty and IC
  3. b N = 641 adjusted age, sex, ethnicity, education, marital status, smoking, drinking, number of chronic diseases, transitions of frailty and IC
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