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. 2018 Oct 5;11:61–73. doi: 10.2147/LRA.S142996

Table 1.

Adverse outcomes in association to frailty examined in studies including participants with a mean age of >75 years

Outcome Number of studies
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Mortality
1-year mortality Quality QI85 QI21 QI86 QI87 QI88 Q289 Q290 Q223 Q224 Q291
 n=10 N sample 100 275 244 12979 218 159 30 213 450 410
2-year mortality Quality QI88
 n=1 N sample 218
5-year mortality Quality QI92
 n=1 N sample 178
30-day mortality Quality QI85 QI93 QI94 QI97 Q222 QI98
 n=6 N sample 100 176 184 178 400 325
90-day mortality Quality QI87 QI98
 n=2 N sample 12979 325
Post-operative complications
Non-routine recovery Quality QI99 QI94 Q289 Q2100 QI101 QI21 QI102 QI103 QI86
 n=10 N sample 178 184 159 83 152 275 125 35 244
Need for resuscitation Quality Q223
 n=1 N sample 213
Delirium Quality QI103
 n= 1 N sample 35
MACCE Quality QI85 Q223 Q290
 n=3 N sample 100 213 30
Discharge
Length of stay Quality QI97 QII03 QI98 Q291 Q289 QI102
 n=6 N sample 178 35 325 410 159 125
Discharge to institution Quality QI21 Q291
 n=3 N sample 275 410
Functional decline Quality QI102
 n= 1 N sample 125
Post-discharge
Readmission rate: Quality Q291 QI98
1 year N sample 410 325
 n=2
Functional decline Quality QI104 Q2105
 n=2 N sample 119 84
at 6 months 16–28 months
Quality of life: Quality QI86
6 months, 1 year N sample 244
 n= 1

Note: Dark and light shades represent significant and non-significant associations, respectively.

Abbreviations: P, prospective study; R, retrospective study; Q1, quartile one quality assessment; Q2, quartile two quality assessment; MACCE, Major Cardiac and Cerebral Adverse Events; n, number of studies.