Figure 1.

Proportions of recovery from disability by frailty status. Notes: Participants who died in the following visit after the onset of incident disability were included and considered not to recover. Participants who were alive but not interviewed in the following visit after the onset of incident disability were excluded. Recovery from disability was defined as no difficulty in any of six activities of daily living (dressing, eating, toileting, bathing, transferring, and walking across a room) within 1 year in the Cardiovascular Health Study and within 2 years in the Health and Retirement Study after the onset of disability.