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. 2019 Feb 25;14:473–484. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S191117

Table 4.

FI-Lab21 at admission to hospital (FI-Lab21admission), FI-Lab21 before discharge from hospital (FI-Lab21discharge), and the change of the FI-Lab21 during the hospital stay (∆FI-Lab21) stratified according to score with 6-month and 1-year mortality

FI-Lab21 score All patients, % (n=494) Six-month mortality, % (n=86) P-value One-year mortality, % (n=114) P-value
FI-Lab21admission <0.001 <0.001
0 0.0 (n=2) 0.0 (n=0) 0.0 (n=0)
0.001–0.1 6.3 (n=31) 0.0 (n=0) 0.0 (n=0)
0.101–0.2 15.8 (n=78) 10.3 (n=8) 12.8 (n=10)
0.201–0.3 22.1 (n=109) 6.4 (n=7) 11.0 (n=12)
0.301–0.4 23.5 (n=116) 16.8 (n=20) 23.3 (n=27)
0.401–0.5 18.2 (n=90) 26.1 (n=24) 35.6 (n=32)
>0.5 13.8 (n=68) 39.7 (n=27) 48.5 (n=33)
FI-Lab21discharge <0.001 <0.001
0 1.4 (n=7) 0.0 (n=0) 14.7 (n=1)
0.001–0.1 6.9 (n=34) 0.0 (n=0) 0.0 (n=0)
0.101–0.2 16.2 (n=80) 4.9 (n=4) 7.5 (n=6)
0.201–0.3 24.9 (n=123) 11.4 (n=14) 17.9 (n=22)
0.301–0.4 23.9 (n=118) 15.6 (n=19) 19.5 (n=23)
0.401–0.5 19.2 (n=95) 30.2 (n=29) 38.9 (n=37)
>0.5 7.5 (n=37) 54.1 (n=20) 67.6 (n=25)
∆FI-Lab21 0.004 0.046
≥0 67.0 (n=331) 13.9 (n=47) 20.8 (n=69)
<0 33 (n=163) 23.9 (n=39) 27.6 (n=45)

Note: ∆FI-Lab21= FI-Lab21admission – FI-Lab21discharge.

Abbreviations: FI-Lab21, 21-item frailty index based on laboratory blood and urine tests; FI-Lab21admission, frailty index obtained at admission to hospital; FI-Lab21discharge, frailty index obtained before discharge from hospital.