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. 2018 Apr 10;13(4):e0195637. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0195637

Table 4. All-cause mortality hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals by frailty status and demographics.

Hazard ratio Lower 95% CI Upper 95% CI
Unadjusted
Frailty Status1 (frail) 2.36* 1.74 3.20
Adjusted
Frailty Status (frail) 2.30* 1.67 3.18
Poverty status (below) 1.61 0.84 3.10
Sex (men) 2.16* 1.20 3.89
Race (African American) 1.13 0.60 2.12
BMI classes2
Underweight 1.38 0.73 2.61
Overweight 0.50* 0.35 0.72
Class 1 0.42* 0.27 0.65
Class 2 0.71 0.49 1.04
HS graduate3 0.76* 0.58 0.99
Poverty: Race 0.95 0.41 2.19
Sex: Poverty 0.39 0.14 1.07
Sex: Race 0.64 0.28 1.46
Sex: Poverty: Race 3.92* 1.13 13.54

*p < .05

1Frail versus not or pre-frail

2Body mass index: Underweight BMI<18.5; Normal 18.5≤BMI<25 (reference group); Overweight 25≤BMI<30; Obesity class 1 30≤BMI<35; Obesity class 2 BMI≥35

3High-school graduate or obtained GED