Table 3.
Prevalence of the frailty components at baseline and after 2-year intervention.
| Baseline status | 24 Month status (among those with baseline status available) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Total (N = 1259) | Intervention (N = 631) | Control (N = 628) | Total (N = 1176) | Intervention (N = 590) | Control (N = 586) |
| Frailty status | p = 0.714a | p = 0.534a | ||||
| No frailty | 818 (65.0%) | 404 (64.0%) | 414 (65.9%) | 677 (57.6%) | 344 (58.3%) | 333 (56.8%) |
| Pre-frail or frail | 358 (28.4%) | 186 (29.5%) | 172 (27.4%) | 285 (24.3%) | 135 (22.9%) | 150 (25.6%) |
| No information | 83 (6.6%) | 41 (6.5%) | 42 (6.7%) | 214 (18.2%) | 111 (18.8%) | 103 (17.6%) |
| Weight loss | p = 0.469a | p = 0.361a | ||||
| No frailty component | 1140 (90.6%) | 565 (89.5%) | 575 (91.6%) | 1036 (83.1%) | 510 (81.7%) | 526 (84.6%) |
| Frailty component | 106 (8.4%) | 59 (9.4%) | 47 (7.5%) | 62 (5.0%) | 33 (5.2%) | 30 (4.8%) |
| No information | 13 (1.0%) | 7 (1.1%) | 6 (1.0%) | 148 (11.9%) | 82 (13.2%) | 66 (10.6%) |
| Exhaustion | p = 0.634a | p = 0.457a | ||||
| No frailty component | 1152 (91.5%) | 573 (90.8%) | 579 (92.2%) | 994 (80.8%) | 488 (79.4%) | 506 (82.1%) |
| Frailty component | 79 (6.3%) | 42 (6.7%) | 37 (5.9%) | 70 (5.7%) | 38 (6.2%) | 32 (5.1%) |
| No information | 28 (2.2%) | 16 (2.5%) | 12 (1.9%) | 167 (13.6%) | 89 (14.5%) | 78 (12.8%) |
| Low physical activity | p = 0.356a | p = 0.368a | ||||
| No frailty component | 1162 (92.3%) | 576 (91.3%) | 586 (93.3%) | 1028 (83.8%) | 511 (83.2%) | 517 (84.3%) |
| Frailty component | 65 (5.2%) | 38 (6.0%) | 27 (4.3%) | 40 (3.3%) | 17 (2.8%) | 23 (3.8%) |
| No information | 32 (2.5%) | 17 (2.7%) | 15 (2.4%) | 159 (13.0%) | 86 (14.0%) | 73 (11.9%) |
| Weakness | p = 0.845a | p = 0.710a | ||||
| No frailty component | 1051 (83.5%) | 528 (83.7%) | 523 (83.3%) | 865 (72.1%) | 433 (72.2%) | 432 (72.0%) |
| Frailty component | 149 (11.8%) | 72 (11.4%) | 77 (12.3%) | 156 (13.0%) | 74 (12.3%) | 82 (13.7%) |
| No information | 59 (4.7%) | 31 (4.9%) | 28 (4.5%) | 179 (14.9%) | 93 (15.5%) | 86 (14.3%) |
| Slowness | p = 0.895a | p = 0.664a | ||||
| No frailty component | 1187 (94.3%) | 593 (94.0%) | 594 (94.6%) | 1013 (83.7%) | 501 (82.8%) | 512 (83.7%) |
| Frailty component | 23 (1.8%) | 12 (1.9%) | 11 (1.8%) | 24 (2.0%) | 12 (2.0%) | 12 (2.0%) |
| No information | 49 (3.9%) | 26 (4.1%) | 23 (3.7%) | 173 (14.3%) | 92 (15.2%) | 81 (13.4%) |
a
P-values from chi2 test including frailty status and the study group.