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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2014 Jan;149(1):83–89. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2013.4244

Table 4.

Specific functional impairments at baseline and 12 months

Prevalence
at baseline		 Prevalence at 12 months Adjusted Relative Risk Ratio (aRRR)
of Impairment at 12 months associated
with CG versus Control *
Geriatric
Consult
(GC)		 Geriatric
Consult
(GC)		 Control aRRR 95%CI
Finances 11% 19% 26% .67 .6 1.0
Shopping 9% 39% 89% .40 .36 .45
Housework 6% 29% 23% .67 .58 .99
Walking 5% 14% 11% 1.16 1.05 1.18
Bathing 3% 19% 14% 1.55 1.00 1.68
*

Adjusted for age, gender, co-morbidity, race, complication, surgery, discharge to post-acute rehabilitation. An aRRR < 1 indicates that the GC group had less impairment, whereas an aRRR > 1 indicates that the GC group had more impairment.