Table 4.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics Stratified by the Composite Frailty Scoring System
| Variable | Robust (n = 168) |
Cognitive Impairment only (n = 96) |
Physical Frailty only (n = 40) |
Physical Frailty + Cognitive Impairment (n = 26) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categorical age | 0.006* | ||||
| Age 65 y or older, n (%) | 57 (33.9) | 42 (43.8) | 18 (45.0) | 18 (69.2) | |
| Sex | 0.446 | ||||
| Male, n (%) | 93 (55.4) | 55 (57.3) | 17 (42.5) | 14 (53.9) | |
| Race | 0.008* | ||||
| Caucasian, n (%) | 125 (74.4) | 54 (56.3) | 29 (72.5) | 14 (53.9) | |
| BMI, kg/m2, mean (range) | 28.5 (18.0–45.1) | 29.0 (19.6–46.6) | 27.8 (16.4–41.7) | 26.6 (17.6–42.6) | 0.300 |
| ASA score, n (%) | 0.117 | ||||
| 1 to 2 | 51 (30.4) | 28 (29.2) | 6 (15.0) | 4 (15.4) | |
| 3 to 5 | 117 (69.6) | 68 (70.8) | 34 (85.0) | 22 (84.6) | |
| ECOG, n (%) | 0.011* | ||||
| 0 to 1 | 164 (97.6) | 93 (96.9) | 39 (97.5) | 22 (84.6) | |
| ≥2 | 4 (2.4) | 3 (3.1) | 1 (2.5) | 4 (15.4) | |
| CCI, n (%) | 0.864 | ||||
| 0 to 1 | 40 (23.8) | 22 (22.9) | 7 (17.5) | 6 (23.1) | |
| ≥2 | 128 (76.2) | 74 (77.1) | 33 (82.5) | 20 (76.9) | |
| Surgery for malignancy, n (%) | 105 (62.5) | 67 (69.8) | 26 (65.0) | 18 (69.2) | 0.656 |
*
Statistically significant.
ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; CCI, Charlson Comorbidity Index; ECOG, Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group.