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. 2017 Jun 7;17:121. doi: 10.1186/s12877-017-0508-2

Table 2.

Prevalence of frailty overall, according to gender (n = 1302)

Clinical Frailty Scale, n (%) Overall Gender
Female Male p-value*
Very Fit - Managing Well (CFS 1–3) 263 (20.2) 173 (18.8) 90 (23.4) 0.060
Vulnerable (CFS 4) 499 (38.3) 347 (37.8) 152 (39.6) 0.110
Mildly Frail (CFS 5) 302 (23.2) 225 (24.5) 77 (20.1) 0.082
Moderately Frail (CFS 6) 190 (14.6) 144 (15.7) 46 (12.0) 0.084
Severely Frail- Terminally ill (CFS 7–9) 48 (3.7) 29 (3.2) 19 (4.9) 0.120

CFS, clinical frailty score, *p-value accompanying comparisons in prevalence between genders