Table 5.
Comparison of treatments among elderly patients with different degrees of frailt.
| Frailty level | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefrailty group (n = 164) | Mild frailty group (n = 188) | Moderate to severe frailty group (n = 56) | ||
| Sodium supplementation | 40(24.4) | 50(26.6) | 24(42.9)* | 0.046 |
| Potassium supplementation | 60(36.6) | 89(47.3) | 37(66.1)** | 0.002 |
| Calcium supplementation | 59(36.0) | 82(43.6) | 24(42.9) | 0.365 |
| Magnesium supplementation | 36(22.0) | 49(26.1) | 17(30.4) | 0.508 |
| Serum albumin supplementation | 11(6.7) | 15(8.0) | 18(32.1)***††† | 0.000 |
| Blood transfusion | 4(2.4) | 10(5.3) | 6(10.7) | 0.058 |
| Anti-infection | 57(34.8) | 90(47.9)* | 29(51.8) | 0.040 |
Compared with the prefrailty group: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001; compared with the mild frailty group: †p < 0.05, ††p < 0.01, †††p < 0.001.