Dimension	Exclusions by criteria
	Finally excludeda	Value lower than 90 on level 1	2 or more missing on levels 2 through 5	Same value to levels 2 through 5
Hearing	140	9	100	38
Speech	161	2	109	50
Sleep	129	12	96	25
Sexual activity	149	12	112	29
Vitality	129	12	88	29
Distress	126	7	90	31
Breathing	136	3	96	37
Vision	139	3	95	43
Usual activities	148	9	101	41
Mental function	142	5	99	40
Elimination	159	14	105	42
Depression	143	10	104	33
Eating	154	1	98	56
Discomfort	142	16	98	30
Mobility	146	8	103	36

^aThere is some overlap of excluded cases. Therefore, the sum of all three exclusion criteria does not correspond to the number of finally excluded