Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of participants in the Frailty subsample of the Hispanic EPESE (n = 1008) by frailty status.
| Not Frail | Prefrail | Frail | |
| (n = 264) | (n = 547) | (n = 200) | |
| M (SD)/% | M (SD)/% | M (SD)/% | |
| Sociodemographic Covariables | |||
| Age* | 81.2 (4.0) | 82.5 (4.6) | 83.0 (5.0) |
| Female | 61.4 | 62.7 | 67 |
| Education* | 5.1 (4.0) | 5.3 (4.0) | 4.5 (3.3) |
| Married* | 46 | 41 | 34 |
| Financial Strain (some or a great deal)* | 37.8 | 42.5 | 30.5 |
| Health-Related Covariables | |||
| Arthritis* | 52 | 64 | 77 |
| Chronic Illnesses* | 1.5 (1.1) | 1.8 (1.2) | 2.3 (1.3) |
| BMI | 26.8 (4.4) | 27.6 (5.1) | 27.4 (5.4) |
| Underweight* | 1.3 | 0.4 | 4 |
| Normal Weight | 36.3 | 31.8 | 32 |
| Overweight* | 41.2 | 41.6 | 34 |
| Obese | 21.2 | 26.2 | 30 |
| Health-Related Quality of Life (SF-36) | |||
| General Health Perception* | 68.3 (17.3) | 57.7 (20.4) | 43.5 (20.9) |
| Physical Function* | 64.3 (27.7) | 44.5 (30.5) | 23.3 (24.2) |
| Role: Physical* | 80.6 (37.0) | 54.0 (47.1) | 31.4 (43.2) |
| Pain* | 77.2 (24.8) | 64.1 (29.5) | 49.7 (31.0) |
| General Mental Health* | 84.8 (14.9) | 78.0 (19.6) | 66.2 (21.4) |
| Role: Emotional* | 94.6 (20.9) | 78.1 (40.2) | 52.8 (48.3) |
| Vitality* | 72.9 (18.4) | 60.6 (22.1) | 44.6 (22.6) |
| Social Function* | 88.6 (20.7) | 71.6 (30.5) | 47.8 (33.8) |
| Physical Component Scale* | 44.1 (10.4) | 36.2 (11.9) | 29.1 (9.9) |
| Mental Component Scale* | 58.4 (6.3) | 54.5 (10.7) | 46.9 (12.7) |
*significantly different means or proportions by frailty status (p < 0.05) as determined by ANOVA and chi-square tests of independence