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. 2017 Feb 8;12:293–304. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S124342

Table 3.

One-year mortality rates of the patients stratified into different degrees of frailty, comorbidity, or disability according to the different frailty, comorbidity, or disability instruments

Instrument Category/score All patients (n=305) Subgroup of patients aged 65–82 years (n=139) Subgroup of patients aged ≥83 years (n=166)
CFS-7
Category 1 NA (n=0) NA (n=0) NA (n=0)
Category 2 0.0% (0) (n=1) 0.0% (0) (n=1) NA (n=0)
Category 3 0.0% (0) (n=18) 0.0% (0) (n=12) 0.0% (0) (n=6)
Category 4 1.5% (1) (n=67) 0.0% (0) (n=34) 3.0% (1) (n=33)
Category 5 9.5% (7) (n=74) 5.7% (2) (n=35) 12.8% (5) (n=39)
Category 6 17.7% (14) (n=79) 20.0% (7) (n=35) 15.9% (7) (n=44)
Category 7 60.6% (40) (n=66) 45.5% (10) (n=22) 68.2% (30) (n=44)
FI
Score of 0 NA (n=0) NA (n=0) NA (n=0)
Score of 0.001–0.100 0.0% (0) (n=14) 0% (0) (n=10) 0.0% (0) (n=4)
Score of 0.101–0.200 2.4% (1) (n=42) 4.5% (1) (n=22) 0.0% (0) (n=20)
Score of 0.201–0.300 7.7% (6) (n=78) 10.0% (4) (n=40) 5.3% (2) (n=38)
Score of 0.301–0.400 15.2% (10) (n=66) 7.7% (2) (n=26) 20.0% (8) (n=40)
Score of 0.401–0.500 29.4% (15) (n=51) 22.7% (5) (n=22) 44.5% (10) (n=29)
Score of 0.501–0.600 55.9% (19) (n=34) 27.3% (3) (n=11) 69.6% (16) (n=23)
Score of 0.601–0.700 55.0% (11) (n=20) 50.0% (4) (n=8) 58.3% (7) (n=12)
FRAIL scale
Robust 1.7% (1) (n=58) 0.0% (0) (n=29) 3.4% (1) (n=29)
Prefrail 14.4% (20) (n=139) 10.6% (7) (n=66) 17.8% (13) (n=73)
Frail 38.0% (41) (n=108) 27.3% (12) (n=44) 45.3% (29) (n=64)
CIRS-G
0 points NA (n=0) NA (n=0) NA (n=0)
1–4 points NA (n=0) NA (n=0) NA (n=0)
5–8 points 0.0% (0) (n=18) 0.0% (0) (n=11) 0.0% (0) (n=7)
9–12 points 2.3% (1) (n=44) 4.2% (1) (n=24) 0.0% (0) (n=20)
13–16 points 13.7% (10) (n=73) 8.6% (3) (n=35) 18.4% (7) (n=38)
17–20 points 18.9% (14) (n=74) 12.9% (4) (n=31) 23.3% (10) (n=43)
21–24 points 27.4% (17) (n=62) 25.9% (7) (n=27) 28.6% (10) (n=35)
25–28 points 57.7% (15) (n=26) 25.0% (2) (n=8) 72.2% (13) (n=18)
29–32 points 80.0% (4) (n=5) 50.0% (1) (n=2) 100% (3) (n=3)
33–36 points 33.3% (1) (n=3) 100% (1) (n=1) 0.0% (0) (n=2)
Comorbidity-D-FI
Score of 0 0.0% (0) (n=1) 0.0% (0) (n=1) NA (n=0)
Score of 0.001–0.100 0.0% (0) (n=18) 0.0% (0) (n=9) 0.0% (0) (n=9)
Score of 0.101–0.200 4.3% (3) (n=69) 2.5% (1) (n=40) 6.9% (2) (n=29)
Score of 0.201–0.300 20.0% (15) (n=75) 18.5% (5) (n=27) 20.8% (10) (n=48)
Score of 0.301–0.400 29.5% (26) (n=88) 20.9% (9) (n=43) 37.8% (17) (n=45)
Score of 0.401–0.500 25.6% (10) (n=39) 0.0% (0) (n=11) 35.7% (10) (n=28)
Score of 0.501–0.600 53.3% (8) (n=15) 50.0% (4) (n=8) 57.1% (4) (n=7)
ADL-Katz
No disability 6.3% (5) (n=79) 8.5% (4) (n=47) 3.1% (1) (n =32)
1 disability 11.6% (8) (n=69) 9.4% (3) (n=32) 13.5% (5) (n=37)
2 disabilities 19.0% (8) (n=42) 6.2% (1) (n=16) 26.9% (7) (n=26)
3 disabilities 14.7% (5) (n=34) 7.7% (1) (n=13) 19.0% (4) (n=21)
4 disabilities 41.5% (17) (n=42) 37.5% (6) (n=16) 42.3% (11) (n=26)
5 disabilities 38.1% (8) (n=21) 11.1% (1) (n=9) 58.3% (7) (n=12)
6 disabilities 61.1% (11) (n=18) 50.0% (3) (n=6) 66.7% (8) (n=12)
IADL/ADL-D-FI
Score of 0 0.0% (0) (n=31) 0.0% (0) (n=17) 0.0% (0) (n=14)
Score of 0.001–0.100 10.0% (2) (n=20) 9.1% (1) (n=11) 11.1% (1) (n=9)
Score of 0.101–0.200 5.8% (3) (n=52) 7.1% (2) (n=28) 4.2% (1) (n=24)
Score of 0.201–0.300 8.0% (2) (n=25) 7.1% (1) (n=14) 9.1% (1) (n=11)
Score of 0.301–0.400 12.5% (5) (n=40) 14.3% (2) (n=14) 11.5% (3) (n=26)
Score of 0.401–0.500 36.4% (8) (n=22) 11.1% (1) (n=9) 53.8% (7) (n=13)
Score of 0.501–0.600 28.2% (11) (n=39) 28.6% (4) (n=14) 28.0% (7) (n=25)
Score of 0.601–0.700 30.4% (7) (n=23) 22.2% (2) (n=9) 35.7% (5) (n=14)
Score of 0.701–0.800 48.0% (12) (n=25) 27.3% (3) (n=11) 64.3% (9) (n=14)
Score of 0.801–0.900 53.8% (7) (n=13) 20.0% (1) (n=5) 75.0% (6) (n=8)
Score of 0.901–1.000 33.3% (5) (n=15) 28.6% (2) (n=7) 62.5% (3) (n=8)

Note: Data in columns 3–5 are shown as percentage of patients who died (number of patients who died) (number of patients in the group).

Abbreviations: ADL, basic activities of daily living; ADL-Katz, disability burden based on the six ADLs of the Katz index; CFS-7, Canadian Study on Health and Aging Clinical Frailty Scale; FI, frailty index; CIRS-G, Cumulative Illness Rating Scale for Geriatrics; Comorbidity-D-FI, Comorbidity domain of the frailty index; IADL, instrumental activities of daily living; IADL/ADL-D-FI, IADL/ADL domain of the frailty index; NA, not applicable.