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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 3.

Follow-up Status, including Death, for Individual Frailty Characteristics by Their Corresponding Baseline Status

Individual Frailty Characteristic
Grip Strength Weakness at Baseline (n = 84) No Weakness at Baseline (n = 382)
Weakness at F/U* 26 (30.9) Weakness at F/U 27 (7.1)
No Weakness at F/U 24 (28.6) No Weakness at F/U 271 (70.9)
Died at F/U 34 (40.5) Died at F/U 84 (22.0)
Slowness at Baseline (n = 82) No Slowness at Baseline (n = 384)
Walking Speed Slowness at F/U 28 (34.2) Slowness at F/U 37 (9.6)
No Slowness at F/U 21 (25.6) No Slowness at F/U 262 (68.2)
Died at F/U 33 (40.2) Died at F/U 85 (22.1)
Exhaustion Exhaustion at Baseline (n = 138) No Exhaustion at Baseline (n = 328)
Exhaustion at F/U 71 (51.5) Exhaustion at F/U 50 (15.2)
No Exhaustion at F/U 25 (18.1) No Exhaustion at F/U 202 (61.6)
Died at F/U 42 (30.4) Died at F/U 76 (23.2)
Weight Loss Weight Loss at Baseline (n = 65) No Weight Loss at Baseline (n = 401)
Weight Loss at F/U 21 (32.3) Weight Loss at F/U 91 (22.7)
No Weight Loss at F/U 24 (36.9) No Weight Loss at F/U 212 (52.9)
Died at F/U 20 (30.8) Died at F/U 98 (24.4)
Physical Activity Low Physical Activity at Baseline (n = 84) No Low Physical Activity at Baseline (n = 382
Low Physical Activity at F/U 22 (26.2) Low Physical Activity at F/U 24 (6.3)
No Low Physical Activity at F/U 27 (32.1) No Low Physical Activity at F/U 275 (72.0)
Died at F/U 35 (41.7) Died at F/U 83 (21.7)
*

Abbreviations: F/U = follow-up