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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2017 Apr;124(4):1053–1060. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000001560

Table 1. Frailty Measurement According to the Cardiovascular Health Study-Derived Criteria (“Fried” Criteria).

Domain Measurement
Shrinking >10 lbs unintentional weight loss in last year
Weakness Gender and BMI-stratified cutoffs using a Jamar hand dynamometer
Exhaustion Self-report of either:

  1. I felt that everything I did was an effort in the last week, or

  2. I could not get going in the last week
Slowness Gender and height-stratified cutoffs (generally >6-7 seconds for 15 feet)
Low activity Energy expenditure using the Minnesota Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire (men < 383 kcal/week, women <270 kcal/week)

Abbreviations: BMI—Body Mass Index; kcal—kilocalories