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. 2024 Feb 6;14(2):158–163. doi: 10.1016/j.jobcr.2024.01.011

Table 2.

Association between oral frailty status and physical frailty measures.

Variables
Oral Frailty score
Number of missing teeth
OMFI

Less than 2
More than 2
OR (95 % CI)
Below 20
Above 20
OR (95 % CI)
Normal
Mild
OR (95 % CI)
n % N % n % N % n % N %
Fried's Frailty Phenotype (FFP)
Frail 27 10.8 59 23.6 1.51 48 19.2 38 15.2 1.01 20 8 66 24.8 0.49
Prefrail 38 15.2 126 50.4 (0.15–2.71) 91 36.4 73 29.2 (0.59–1.71) 62 24.8 102 40.8 (0.27–0.90)
Reported Edmonton Frail Scale (REFS)
Apparently Vulnerable 1 0.4 6 6.8 2.14 3 1.2 4 1.6 1.69 2 0.8 5 2 1.22
No frail 64 25.6 179 71.6 (0.47–18.16) 136 54.4 107 42.8 (0.37–7.73) 80 32 163 65.2 (0.23–6.46)
Sarcopenia
Risk of sarcopenia 1 0.4 2 0.8 0.69 1 0.4 2 0.8 2.53 0 0 3 1.2 1.01
No risk of sarcopenia 64 25.6 183 73.2 (0.77–7.84) 138 55.2 109 43.6 (0.22–28.29) 82 32.8 165 66 (0.99–1.03)