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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 8.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Surg. 2017 Feb 1;152(2):175–182. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2016.4202

Table 1.

Prevalence of Frailty and Associated Outcome as Measured by the RAI-C, RAI-A, and mFI

Outcomea 0–15 16–25 26–35 ≥36 Overall
RAI-C score
 No. in cohort 5250 1178 293 82 6803
 Proportion of cohort, % 77.2 17.3 4.3 1.2 100
 Mortality, No. (%)
  30-d (n = 6803) 14 (0.3) 6 (0.5) 5 (1.7) 4 (4.9) 29 (0.4)
  180-d (n = 6419) 43 (0.9) 35 (3.3) 23 (8.4) 13 (17.3) 114 (1.8)
  365-d (n = 5959) 74 (1.6) 71 (7.3) 43 (17.1) 19 (26.8) 207 (3.5)
RAI-A score
 No. in cohort 2438 267 60 20 2785
 Proportion of cohort, % 87.5 9.6 2.2 0.7 100
 Mortality, No. %
  30-d 3 (0.1) 3 (1.1) 0 1 (5.0) 7 (0.3)
  180-d 19 (0.8) 15 (5.6) 4 (6.7) 2 (10.0) 40 (1.4)
  365-d 46 (1.9) 24 (9.0) 10 (16.7) 3 (15.0) 83 (3.0)
 Complications, No. (%)
  Any except SSI and UTI 112 (4.6) 30 (11.2) 8 (13.3) 5 (25.0) 155 (5.6)
  Clavien-Dindo IV 60 (2.5) 15 (5.6) 2 (3.3) 3 (15.0) 80 (2.9)
mFI score <0.19 0.27 0.36 >0.37 Overall
 No. in cohort 705 207 77 32 1021
 Proportion of cohort, % 69.0 20.3 7.5 3.1 100.0
 Mortality, No. (%)
  30-d 0 0 1 (1.3) 1 (3.1) 2 (0.2)
  180-d 4 (0.6) 4 (1.9) 2 (2.6) 6 (18.8) 16 (1.6)
  365-d 10 (1.4) 12 (5.8) 3 (3.9) 7 (21.9) 32 (3.1)
 Complications, %
  Any except SSI and UTI 33 (4.7) 13 (6.3) 12 (15.6) 8 (25.0) 66 (6.5)
  Clavien-Dindo IV 26 (3.7) 7 (3.4) 8 (10.4) 7 (21.9) 48 (4.7)

Abbreviations: mFI, Modified Frailty Index; RAI, Risk Analysis Index; RAI-A, Administrative Risk Analysis Index; RAI-C, Clinical Risk Analysis Index; SSI, superficial site infection; UTI, urinary tract infection.

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Outcome data were complete for all patients with RAI-A and mFI scores. Mortality data for 180 and 365 days for the RAI-C cohort were somewhat smaller owing to length of follow-up with 6419 and 5959 patients, respectively.