Determining factors that maintain physical function or increase frailty using the Kihon checklist among community-dwelling older adults: a six-year longitudinal study in Agano, Japan

Table 1 Change of the KCL score and each dimensions from 2016 to 2022

	Total	ADL	Physical activity	Nutritional status	Oral function	House-boundedness	Cognitive status	Depressive mood
IQR 2016	2 (1–3)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)	0 (0–0)
IQR 2022	3 (1–6)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–2)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)	0 (0–1)
p-value	< 0.001	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.094	< 0.001	< 0.001	0.001	< 0.001

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