Table 4.

NSHAP Frailty Scale for Wave 2

WAVE 2, participants in both waves onlya	Men						Women						Total
	62–69		70–79		80–90b		62–69		70–79		80–90b		62–90
	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE	%	SE
	n = 429		n = 408		n = 246		n = 414		n = 446		n = 318		n = 2,261
Frailty criteriab
≥10% Weight loss over 5 years	9.0	2.5	6.3	1.3	14.6	2.9	8.0	2.1	14.0	1.7	26.8	3.1	11.5	1.1
Slow gait speed: time to complete fastest 3-m walk ≥ 5.7 s or unable to do	18.8	2.8	25.7	3.0	45.7	4.5	23.0	3.0	30.6	2.4	55.4	3.6	29.1	1.5
Slow chair stands: time to complete five repeated chair stands ≥ 16.7 s or unable to do	20.0	2.7	27.4	2.6	42.6	4.4	24.6	3.8	30.4	2.7	44.2	4.1	28.6	1.9
Exhaustion: occasional or moderate difficulty getting going or everything was an effort	17.8	2.7	23.1	2.8	28.6	3.7	19.0	2.2	28.0	2.9	34.5	4.2	23.5	1.4
Low physical activity: ≤ 3 vigorous activities per month	31.5	2.4	33.0	3.0	41.0	3.4	37.3	2.9	44.2	3.2	53.5	4.8	38.4	1.7
Frailty score (0–5)
0 Nonfrail	45.5	3.2	35.6	4.0	18.7	3.0	38.6	3.0	26.8	2.2	9.9	2.2	32.9	1.8
1 Prefrail	31.4	2.9	30.2	3.2	25.8	3.9	29.6	2.5	32	2.5	23.8	3.5	29.7	1.0
2 Prefrail	12.3	2.2	22.0	2.1	28.0	3.2	17.7	2.4	17.7	2.2	27.1	3.7	19.0	1.2
3 Frail	4.8	1.2	8.2	1.7	19.1	2.8	9.7	2.0	14.9	2.5	22.9	2.8	11.4	1.0
4 Frail	3.6	1.1	3.5	1.1	8.4	2.3	4.1	1.1	7.5	1.2	13.7	2.2	5.8	0.6
5 Frail	2.4	2.3	0.5	0.4	0	0	0.3	0.3	1.0	0.5	2.6	1.3	1.7	0.5

Notes. NSHAP = National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project.

^aIncludes only respondents with nonmissing answers to all frailty criteria.

^bW2 participants in both waves missing = 335.