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. 2012 Jan 23;12:69. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-69

Table 2.

Distribution of development of disability, mortality and hospital admission according to frailty scores

Functional decline Mortality Hospital admission
(N = 426)* (N = 532)* (N = 430)*
+ - + - + -
GFI: + 74 (38%) 120 (62%) 11 (4%) 234 (96%) 39 (20%) 159 (80%)
GFI: - 30 (13%) 200 (87%) 4 (1%) 280 (99%) 36 (16%) 194 (84%)

TFI: + 64 (41%) 93 (59%) 10 (5%) 201 (95%) 39 (24%) 122 (76%)
TFI: - 39 (15%) 224 (85%) 5 (2%) 309 (98%) 35 (13%) 228 (87%)

SPQ: + 85 (34%) 162 (66%) 10 (3%) 295 (97%) 55 (22%) 195 (78%)
SPQ: - 18 (11%) 150 (89%) 4 (2%) 207 (98%) 17 (10%) 152 (90%)

*Due to missings small differences between n and numbers of participant reported for each instrument can occur