TABLE 3.
Longitudinal summary of frailty status and its five components (binary and continuous scale) over 1 year post hip fracture.
| Month 0 (n = 327) | Month 2 (n = 327) | Month 6 (n = 199) | Month 12 (n = 188) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frailty | Frailty = 1, % | NAa | 31.5% | 30.2% | 28.2% |
| Weight loss | Weight loss, % | 28.4% | 40.9% | 19.8% | 17.3% |
| Weight, kg (SD) | 71.3 (15.9) | 69.5 (16.2) | 68.8 (16.0) | 69.7 (17.3) | |
| Exhaustion | Exhaustion, % | 64.7% | 40.0% | 38.0% | 37.7% |
| Weakness | Weakness, % | 53.7% | 49.6% | 55.5% | 58.1% |
| Grip strength, kg (SD) | 23.9 (9.9) | 23.9 (9.1) | 23.6 (10.0) | 22.8 (10.2) | |
| Slowness | Slowness, % | NAa | 93.4% | 89.6% | 88.8% |
| Gait speed, m/s (SD) | NAa | 0.35 (0.24) | 0.44 (0.25) | 0.46 (0.24) | |
| Low energy expenditure | Low energy expend, % | 11.2% | 25.7% | 22.0% | 17.4% |
| Total energy expenditure, kcal/week (SD) | 3044.1 (2556.5) | 1667.6 (1934.1) | 2220.5 (2053.8) | 2465.9 (2559.9) |
Note: Values were mean (SD) of continuous variables or % of categorical variables.
a
Gait Speed was available starting from month 2; therefore, both slowness and frailty status were missing at month 0.