Table 2.

Numbers of deaths and mortality rates per 100 person years (py) by systolic blood pressure and frailty category.

Frailty category		Systolic blood pressure category (mm Hg)
		<110	110-119	120-139	140-159	≥160
		Not Treated with Antihypertensive Medications
Fit	N	672	1,478	8,463	10,350	3,807
	Mean age	88.2	86.9	85.5	84.6	84.8
	Deaths	413	703	2,696	2,248	833
	Rate (per 100 py)	20.3	13.4	8.0	5.1	5.3
Mild frailty	N	846	1,742	8,510	7,491	2,080
	Mean age	88.8	88.3	86.8	86.0	86.7
	Deaths	608	1,046	3,607	2,326	685
	Rate (per 100 py)	28.6	19.6	11.8	8.1	9.0
Moderate frailty	N	540	941	3,860	2,832	672
	Mean age	89.3	88.5	87.7	87.5	88.3
	Deaths	432	631	1,892	1,203	309
	Rate (per 100 py)	40.3	25.5	15.3	12.6	14.7
Severe frailty	N	190	322	1,186	788	160
	Mean age	89.1	88.7	88.4	88.1	88.4
	Deaths	162	233	713	409	87
	Rate (per 100 py)	47.9	32.3	20.7	18.0	22.5
		Treated with Antihypertensive Medications
Fit	N	285	714	6,734	10,779	3,712
	Mean age	87.5	86.3	84.5	83.9	84.6
	Deaths	185	355	2,064	2,307	917
	Rate (per 100 py)	22.7	15.2	7.7	5.1	6.3
Mild frailty	N	812	1,938	13,507	16,090	4,741
	Mean age	87.5	86.1	85.1	84.7	85.6
	Deaths	599	1,036	4,864	4,322	1,506
	Rate (per 100 py)	31.9	16.7	9.7	6.8	8.7
Moderate frailty	N	704	1,538	8,509	8,011	2,178
	Mean age	86.8	86.6	85.9	85.6	86.5
	Deaths	522	942	3,696	2,717	848
	Rate (per 100 py)	33.8	21.9	12.7	9.3	11.6
Severe frailty	N	340	708	3,162	2,378	633
	Mean age	87.6	86.7	86.6	86.5	87.1
	Deaths	267	469	1,643	1,020	293
	Rate (per 100 py)	39.6	25.2	16.8	13.1	16.1