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. 2023 Nov 28;12:93–99. doi: 10.14283/jarlife.2023.16

Table 3.

Frequency of frailty based on demographic characteristics

Variable Frail (%) Non-Frail (%) Total Contingency Coefficient P
Age 0.179 <0.001
 60-74 yrs. 25 (11.21) 198 (88.79) 223 (43.5)
 75-84 46 (22.22) 161 (77.78) 207 (40.4)
 >85 25 (30.12) 58 (69/88) 83 (16.1)
Sex 0.004 0.929
 Male 58 (18.6) 254 (81.4) 312 (60.81)
 Female 38 (19.9) 163 (80.1) 201 (39.19)
Marriage 0.240 <0.001
 Married 33 (10.2) 291 (89.8) 324 (63.16)
 Single 27 (61.4) 17 (38.6) 44 (8.57)
 Divorced 7 (38.9) 11 (61.1) 18 (3.51)
 Widow 31 (24.4) 96 (75.6) 127 (24.76)
Education -0.231 <0.001
 Illiterate 13 (46.6) 15 (53.6) 28 (5.46)
 Reading & writing 27 (29) 66 (71) 93(18.13)
 Middle school 28 (26.9) 76 (73.1) 104 (20.27)
 High school 13 (8.8) 134 (91.2) 147 (28.65)
 Academic degree 17 (12.1) 124 (87.9) 141 (27.49)
Comorbidity -0.104 0.019
 Yes 75 (22) 266 (78) 341 (66.47)
 No 23 (13.4) 149 (86.6) 172 (33.53)
Employment status -0.107 0.015
 Employed 29 (26.6) 80 (73.4) 109 (21.25)
 Retired 67 (17.5) 316 (82.5) 383 (74.66)
 Unemployed 2 (9.5) 19 () 21 (4.09)
Lifestyle -0.382 <0.001
 Undesirable 58 (58.6) 41 (41.4) 99 (19.30)
 medium 22 (11) 178 (89) 200 (38.98)
 Optimal 18 (8.4) 196 (91.6) 214 (41.72)