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. 2019 Oct 30;19:296. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1314-9

Table 5.

The agreement in classification for three-class frailty between FRAIL-NH and FI

FRAIL-NH, n (%) FI, n (%) Total, n (%) Kappa P value
Non-frail (FI ≤ 0.08) Pre-frail (0.08 < FI < 0.25) Frail (FI ≥ 0.25)
Non-frail (FRAIL-NH = 0) 8 (80.0) 26 (23.2) 4 (2.2) 38 (12.6) 0.404 <0.001
Pre-frail (0 < FRAIL-NH ≤ 4) 2 (20.0) 85 (75.9) 74 (41.1) 161 (53.3)
Frail (FRAIL-NH > 4) 0 (0.0) 1 (9.0) 102 (56.7) 103 (34.1)
Total, n (%) 10 (3.3) 112 (37.1) 180 (59.6) 302 (100)
Non-frail (FI ≤ 0.10) Pre-frail (0.10 < FI ≤ 0.21) Frail (FI > 0.21)
Non-frail (FRAIL-NH = 0) 13 (65.0) 17 (21.0) 8 (4.0) 38 (12.6) 0.350 <0.001
Pre-frail (0 < FRAIL-NH ≤ 4) 7 (35.0) 64 (79.0) 90 (44.8) 161 (53.3)
Frail (FRAIL-NH > 4) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 103 (51.2) 103 (34.1)
Total, n (%) 20 (6.6) 81 (26.8) 201 (66.6) 302 (100)
Non-frail (FI ≤ 0.20) Pre-frail (0.20 < FI < 0.45) Frail (FI ≥ 0.45)
Non-frail (FRAIL-NH ≤ 1) 61 (70.9) 31 (15.6) 0 (0.0) 92 (30.5) 0.445 <0.001
Pre-frail (1 < FRAIL-NH ≤ 9) 25 (29.1) 139 (69.8) 5 (29.4) 169 (56.0)
Frail (FRAIL-NH > 9) 0 (0.0) 29 (14.6) 12 (70.6) 41 (13.6)
Total, n (%) 86 (28.5) 199 (65.9) 17 (5.6) 302 (100)

FI Frailty Index