Table 2.
Because of missing follow-up data, we were unable to classify five patients.
a Adjusted for age and sex; p-value is considered significant if <.05.
b Included only in DEFENCE II study.
Abbreviations: ADL, activities of daily living; DEFENCE, Development of strategies Enabling Frail Elderly New Complications to Evade; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; SD, standard deviation.