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. 2025 Jul 16;12:1627026. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1627026

TABLE 5.

Cox proportional hazard models for all-cause mortality.

Model Variables All-cause mortality during the first year All-cause mortality during entire follow-up period
Hazard ratio 95.0% CI P Hazard ratio 95.0% CI P
Lower Upper Lower Upper
1 FI-LAB (groups)
Robust (reference) 1.000 1.000
Mildly frail 1.666 0.710 3.910 0.241 1.144 0.766 1.710 0.511
Moderately frail 2.38 1.062 5.333 0.035 1.499 1.024 2.195 0.037
Severely frail 3.802 1.744 8.289 <0.001 2.176 1.508 3.139 <0.001
Gender (female) 0.644 0.422 0.982 0.041 0.732 0.568 0.943 0.016
Age (years) 1.028 1.000 1.057 0.047 1.042 1.025 1.059 <0.001
Any complication 2.083 1.300 3.336 0.002 1.555 1.213 1.993 <0.001
CCI 1.037 0.967 1.111 0.310 1.097 1.052 1.143 <0.001
2 FI-LAB (continuous) 1.036 1.017 1.056 <0.001 1.027 1.016 1.038 <0.001
Gender (male) 0.632 0.414 0.966 0.034 0.731 0.567 0.941 0.015
Age (years) 1.030 1.002 1.058 0.036 1.042 1.026 1.059 <0.001
Any complication 2.081 1.297 3.339 0.002 1.551 1.209 1.989 <0.001
CCI 1.033 0.963 1.108 0.369 1.094 1.049 1.141 <0.001

CCI, the Charlson Comorbidity Index.