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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population according to frailty assessed by FI-Lab

From: Prognostic significance of frailty in hospitalized elderly patients with community-acquired pneumonia: a retrospective cohort study

Variables

Robust(n = 261)

Pre-frailty(n = 395)

Frailty(n = 508)

P

Age(years)

71.0(67.0,76.5)

77.0(70.0,83.0)

77.0(71.0,84.0)

 < 0.001

Female,n(%)

136(52.1)

154(39.0)

148(29.1)

 < 0.001

BMI(kg/m2)

24.2(21.8,26.0)

22.78(19.9,25.1)

22.04(19.8,24.8)

 < 0.001

Smoking history,n(%)

0.713

 No

194(74.3)

294(74.4)

367(72.2)

 

 Yes

67(25.7)

101(25.6)

141(27.8)

 

Drinking history,n(%)

0.468

 No

222(85.1)

348(88.1)

436(85.8)

 

 Yes

39(14.7)

47(11.9)

72(14.2)

 

WBC(× 10^9/L)

5.8(4.9,7.2)

7.0(5.3,8.5)

8.6(5.9,11.9)

 < 0.001

LYMPH(× 10^9/L)

1.5(1.2,1.9)

1.1(0.8,1.6)

0.9(0.6,1.2)

 < 0.001

NEUT(× 10^9/L)

3.6(2.8,4.7)

4.9(3.5,6.4)

6.8(4.2,10.0)

 < 0.001

eGFR(ml/min)

84.0(72.0,91.0)

83.0(65.0,91.0)

72.0(30.0,91.0)

 < 0.001

hs-CRP(mg/L)

5.0(3.1,19.7)

30.0(7.3,59.9)

67.6(31.7,101.0)

 < 0.001

PCT(ng/ml)

0.08(0.04,0.10)

0.10(0.05,0.21)

0.39(0.13,1.44)

 < 0.001

aCCI

4(3,5)

5(4,6)

6(4,8)

 < 0.001

CURB-65

1(1,1)

1(1,2)

2(1,2)

 < 0.001

LOS(days)

8.0(6.0,11.0)

11.0(8.0,15.0)

12.0(8.0,18.0)

 < 0.001

Duration of antibiotic therapy

7.0(5.0,9.0)

9.0(7.0,13.0)

11.0(7.0,15.0)

 < 0.001

Death,n(%)

29(11.1)

112(28.4)

267(52.6)

 < 0.001

  1. Abbreviations: BMI Body mass index, WBC White blood cell, NEUT Neutrophil, LYMPH Lymphocyte, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, hs-CRP high sensitivity C-reactive protein, PCT Procalcitonin, CURB-65 Confusion, blood Urea nitrogen, Respiratory rate, systolic or diastolic Blood pressure, and Age > 65, LOS Length of stay during hospitalization