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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 May 27;61(6):896–901. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12266

Figure 2. Overlap of Frailty, Comorbidity, and Disability.

Figure 2

Frailty is defined as 3 or more components as defined by Fried. Disability is defined as the need for assistance in 2 or more activities of daily living categories. Comorbidity is defined as 4 or more conditions as specified in the methods. The total represents 166 study participants on hemodialysis. The n of each subgroup indicated in parentheses.