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. 2019 Dec 12;19:350. doi: 10.1186/s12877-019-1367-9

Table 4.

Longitudinal analyses of MF, SF and PF with functional disability, nursing home referral and mortality

Functional Disability Nursing Home Referral Mortality
N % OR (95% CI) P N % OR (95% CI) P N /1000 py (95% CI) HR (95% CI) P
Total 1174 2387 2387
Unadjusted
 Physical frailty 72/496 14.5 1.89 (1.30–2.73) 0.001 31/1154 2.7 2.59 (1.35–4.98) 0.004 268/1154 21.47 (19.05–24.20) 2.29 (1.86–2.81) < 0.001
 Mental frailty 36/256 14.1 1.47 (0.97–2.22) 0.068 23/657 3.5 2.95 (1.62–5.37) < 0.001 174/657 24.60 (21.21–28.55) 2.09 (1.72–2.55) < 0.001
 Social frailty 28/172 16.3 1.75 (1.11–2.76) 0.015 23/438 5.3 5.09 (2.79–9.28) < 0.001 117/438 24.76 (20.66–29.68) 1.89 (1.53–2.35) < 0.001
Adjusted1
 Physical frailty 1.49 (1.01–2.20) 0.044 1.54 (0.75–3.17) 0.238 1.51 (1.21–1.89) < 0.001
 Mental frailty 1.12 (0.71–1.74) 0.629 1.68 (0.86–3.26) 0.129 1.46 (1.18–1.81) < 0.001
 Social frailty 1.27 (0.83–2.08) 0.331 3.43 (1.77–6.65) < 0.001 1.32 (1.05–1.65) 0.018
Unadjusted
 Robust without MF or SF 37/499 7.4 1.00 6/884 0.7 1.00 88/884 8.64 (7.01–10.65) 1.00
 Robust with MF and/or SF 19/179 10.6 1.48 (0.83–2.65) 0.184 7/349 2.0 3.00 (1.00–8.98) 0.050 48/349 11.82 (8.91–15.68) 1.35 (0.95–1.91) 0.099
 Pre-frail or Frail without SF or MF 43/318 13.5 1.95 (1.23–3.11) 0.005 4/626 0.6 0.94 (0.26–3.35) 0.925 103/626 14.82 (12.21–17.97) 1.74 (1.31–2.31) < 0.001
 Pre-frail or Frail with MF and/or SF 29/178 16.3 2.43 (1.44–4.09) 0.001 27/528 5.1 7.89 (3.23–19.23) < 0.001 165/528 29.84 (25.62–34.76) 3.48 (2.69–4.51) < 0.001
Adjusted2
 Robust without MF or SF 1.00 1.00 1.00
 Robust with MF and/or SF 1.20 (0.66–2.19) 0.555 3.91 (1.08–14.10) 0.037 1.40 (0.99–2.00) 0.061
 Pre-frail or Frail without SF or MF 1.59 (0.98–2.58) 0.059 1.33 (0.33–5.41) 0.689 1.52 (1.14–2.03) 0.005
 Pre-frail or Frail with MF and/or SF 1.65 (0.95–2.87) 0.078 7.17 (2.32–22.2) 0.001 2.25 (1.70–2.97) < 0.001

1Model includes: gender, age, comorbidity, physical frailty, mental frailty and social frailty

2Model includes: gender, age and comorbidity