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. 2015 Sep 28;1:15005. doi: 10.1038/npjamd.2015.5

Table 3. Ordinal logistic regression odds ratio of association of T-cell subsets with frailty status (robust, prefrail and frail).

T-cell subset markers Unadjusted
Adjusted for age, sex and multimorbidity
  OR 95% CI P-value OR 95% CI P-value
CD4/CD8 ratio (tertile score: 1,2,3) 1.18 0.96–1.45 0.108 1.27 1.03–1.57 0.026
 Low tertile 1     1    
 Mid tertile 1.06 0.61–1.84 0.84 1.09 0.62–1.93 0.75
 High tertile 1.41 0.93–2.12 0.102 1.63 1.07–2.48 0.023
CD4/CD8<1.0 (binary: 0,1) 0.71 0.36–1.42 0.33 0.84 0.42–1.71 0.64
CD4+CD28−CD27+ (tertile scores: 1,2,3) 1.25 1.00–1.55 0.049 1.29 1.03–1.62 0.025
 Low tertile 1     1    
 Mid tertile 1.45 0.91–2.29 0.115 1.65 1.03–2.64 0.037
 High tertile 1.55 1.00–2.41 0.052 1.66 1.06–2.61 0.027
CD8+CD28−CD27+ (tertile scores:1,2,3) 1.35 1.07–1.70 0.012 1.35 1.06–1.71 0.013
 Low tertile 1     1    
 Mid tertile 0.80 0.50–1.26 0.33 0.84 0.53–1.34 0.47
 High tertile 1.81 1.14–2.88 0.012 1.80 1.13–2.89 0.014
CD8+CD28− (tertile scores: 1,2,3) 1.42 1.13–1.78 0.002 1.31 1.04–1.66 0.022
 Low tertile 1     1    
 Mid tertile 1.44 0.91–2.30 0.123 1.28 0.80–2.06 0.30
 High tertile 2.01 1.28–3.17 0.002 1.72 1.08–2.74 0.022

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; OR, odds ratio.

Ordinal logistic regression models were fitted with Frailty status (0, 1–2, 3–5) as the ordinal dependent variable and tertile categories of immune biomarker as the independent variable was used as a ranked score independent variable. Age, sex and number of comorbidities were included as fixed covariates in the models.