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. 2018 Sep 6;26:e3023. doi: 10.1590/1518-8345.2346.3023

Table 2. Physical frailty prediction model for the oldest-old, according to clinical variables. Curitiba, PR, Brasil, 2015.

Variables Complete Model OR*(95%CI) p-value Model 1 OR*(95%CI) p-value Model 2 OR*(95%CI) p-value
  p=0.303   p=0.013   p=0.115  
Metabolic diseases 2.34 (1.03-5.28) 0.041 1.99 (0.94-4.24) 0,073 2.24 (1.02-4.97) 0.045
Dyslipidemia 0.31 (0.10-1.01) 0.052 0.32 (0.11-0.99) 0,048 0.33 (0.11-1.04) 0.058
Hospitalization in the last 12 months 2.62 (1.09-6.28) 0.031 2.50 (1.13-5.57) 0,024 2.59 (1.11-6.08) 0.028
Cardiovascular Diseases 0.72 (0.24-2.18) 0.557     0.70 (0.24-2.11) 0.531
Muscoskeletal Diseases 0.81 (0.35-1.86) 0.615     0.82 (0.37-1.87) 0.651
Falls in the last 12 months 1.35 (0.62-2.92) 0.451     1.38 (0.65-2.95) 0.397
Other diseases 0.57 (0.21-1.55) 0.269     0.59 (0.22-1.59) 0.295
Number of medicines 1.44 (0.59-3.50) 0.422     1.44 (0.61-3.39) 0.399
Hearing Diseases 1.85 (0.60-5.76) 0.286     1.83 (0.61-5.54) 0.284
Use of medications 1.16 (0.18-7.40) 0.879     1.17 (0.19-7.29) 0.869
Respiratory diseases 0.93 (0.23-3.79) 0.921        
Vision diseases 1.41 (0.55-3.58) 0.472        
Urological Diseases 1.17 (0.29-4.76) 0.823        
Gastrointestinal tract diseases 0.77 (0.19-3.12) 0.717        

*OR - odds ratio; † Chi-square test, p <0.05; ‡ The classification of 5 or more drugs was considered