Table 2.

Main clinical features of a multicenter sample of 444 polypathological patients recruited for sarcopenia and frailty assessment.

Clinical Features	Mean (SD)/Median [IQR]/N (%)
Number of defining categories per patient	2.5 (0.8)
Patients with ≥ 3 categories	175 (39.5%)
Prevalence of defining categories in recruited polypathological patients
Category A (heart diseases)	374 (84.6%)
Category B (kidney/autoimmune diseases)	202 (45.7%)
Category C (lung diseases)	183 (41.4%)
Category E (neurological diseases)	133 (30.1%)
Category F (peripheral arterial disease/diabetes with neuropathy)	80 (18.1%)
Category G (chronic neoplasia/anemia)	70 (15.8%),
Category H (degenerative osteoarticular disease)	43 (9.7%)
Category D (liver disease)	28 (6.3%)
Number of other comorbidities per patient	5.9 (2.3)
Cardiovascular	1.8 (0.9)
Endocrine and metabolic	1.6 (1)
Respiratory	0.75 (0.9)
Most frequent comorbidities
Hypertension	380 (86%)
Dyslipemia	232 (52.5%)
Diabetes with no visceral involvement	216 (49%)
Atrial fibrillation	178 (40%)
Obesity	159 (36%)
Anxiety and depressive disorders	74 (17%)
Benign prostate hyperplasia	64 (14.5%)
Osteoporosis	42 (9.5%)
Frequent symptoms
Fatigue	304 (70%)
Anorexia	212 (48%)
Insomnia	194 (44%)
Chronic pain	178 (40%)
Cough	158 (36%)
Patients with basal III-IV class of NYHA // III-IV class of mMRC	128 (29%)
Patients with delirium in last hospital admission	76 (17%)
Nausea/Vomiting	37 (8.5%)
Pressure ulcer(s)	35 (8%)
PROFUND index	6 [6]
Number of prescribed drugs at inclusion / Patients with polypharmacy	10 (4)/429 (96.5%)
Patients with home oxygen therapy	74 (17%)
Hospitalizations in last 3 months / total days in hospital in last 3 months	0.6 (0.8)/5 (9)
Basal Barthel´s Index	66 (30)

SD: standard deviation; IQR: interquartile range; NYHA: New York Heart Association; mMRC: Medical Research Council.