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. 2013 Aug 22;13:86. doi: 10.1186/1471-2318-13-86

Table 5.

Percentages of frail persons (GFI ≥ 4) who experience problems in one, two, or three GFI domains (N = 540)*

  One domain (N = 145) Two domains (N = 239) Three domains (N = 156) F (df)or Chi2 (df) p
Mean age (y) ± SD
73.54 ± 5.99
77.46 ± 6.84
80.71 ± 7.19
41.14 (2)
<0.001§
Age groups
 
 
 
 
 
65 – 69 y
27.1
15.2
9.4
76.63 (8)
<0.001§
70 – 74 y
31.4
16.5
10.7
 
 
75 – 79 y
25.0
30.4
20.8
 
 
80 – 84 y
11.4
22.8
26.2
 
 
≥ 85 y
5.0
15.2
32.9
 
 
Gender
 
 
 
 
 
Male
41.0
43.3
32.0
5.02 (2)
0.081
Female
59.0
56.7
68.0
 
 
Educational level
 
 
 
 
 
Low
44.6
60.6
65.7
15.26 (4)
0.004§
Middle
40.0
31.7
25.0
 
 
High
15.4
7.7
9.3
 
 
Living situation
 
 
 
 
 
Living together
41.0
43.7
43.7
0.30 (2)
0.861
Single living
59.0
56.3
56.3
 
 
Financial status
 
 
 
 
 
No financial problems
83.9
77.2
79.0
2.41 (2)
0.299
Financial problems 16.1 22.8 21.0    

Abbreviations: GFI Groningen Frailty Indicator.

*Values are percentages unless indicated otherwise.

One-way ANOVA test results.

Chi2 test results.

§ p < 0.05.