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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Feb 8;60(4):652–660. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03882.x

Table 2.

Follow-up Frailty Score and Death Status, by Baseline Frailty Score for Total Sample

Total sample (n = 597)* Baseline Frailty Score
Non-frail Pre-frail Frail

0 1 2 3 4 5
Follow-up Frailty (n = 228) (n = 212) (n = 105) (n = 37) (n = 12) (n = 3)
Score n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
0 (n = 145) 94 (41.2) 38 (17.9) 11 (10.5) 2 (5.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
1 (n = 159) 68 (29.8) 67 (31.6) 20 (19.1) 3 (8.1) 1 (8.3) 0 (0.0)
2 (n = 93) 26 (11.4) 34 (16.0) 24 (22.9) 7 (18.9) 1 (8.3) 1 (33.3)
3 (n = 59) 9 (4.0) 27 (12.7) 16 (15.2) 6 (16.2) 1 (8.3) 0 (0.0)
4 (n = 14) 1 (0.4) 2 (0.9) 9 (8.6) 2 (5.4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
5 (n = 3) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.5) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (8.3) 0 (0.0)
Deceased (n = 124) 30 (13.2) 43 (20.3) 24 (22.9) 17 (46.0) 8 (66.7) 2 (66.7)
Total sample (n = 597)* Baseline Frailty Category
Follow-up Frailty Non-frail Pre-frail Frail Cannot classify
Category (n = 209) (n = 298) (n = 52) (n = 38)
Non-frail (n = 121) 79 (37.8) 37 (12.4) 1 (1.9) 4 (10.5)
Pre-frail (n = 201) 70 (33.5) 110 (36.9) 6 (11.5) 15 (39.5)
Frail (n = 76) 6 (2.9) 49 (16.4) 10 (19.2) 11 (29.0)
Deceased (n = 124) 30 (14.4) 67 (22.5) 27 (51.9) 0 (0.0)
Cannot classify (n = 75) 24 (11.5) 35 (11.7) 8 (15.4) 8 (21.1)
*

Analysis includes individuals who were not missing information for all five frailty characteristics, and whose transition could be classified in at least one frailty characteristic at baseline and follow-up.

Column percentages are shown.