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. 2020 Feb 3;34(6):859–867. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002493

Table 3.

Comparison of the Fried Frailty Score and Components by healthy aging score status.

Missing (%) Overall (n, %) Healthy (n, %) Intermediate (n, %) Poor (n, %) P
N 101 39 32 30
Fried Frailty Score 6.9 0.008
 0 10 (10.6) 6 (16.2) 1 (3.7) 3 (10.0)
 1 48 (51.1) 24 (64.9) 16 (59.3) 8 (26.7)
 2 26 (27.7) 6 (16.2) 8 (29.6) 12 (40.0)
 3 9 (9.6) 1 (2.7) 2 (7.4) 6 (20.0)
 4 1 (1.1) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 1 (3.3)
Frailty stage 5 0.036
 Not frail 10 (10.4) 6 (16.2) 1 (3.4) 3 (10.0)
 Prefrail 76 (79.2) 30 (81.1) 26 (89.7) 20 (66.7)
 Frail 10 (10.4) 1 (2.7) 2 (6.9) 7 (23.3)
≥10 lbs of unintentional weight loss in the previous year 6.9 7 (7.4) 2 (5.4) 3 (11.1) 2 (6.7) 0.708
Everything was an effort or could not get going most or a moderate amount of time in the previous year 0 40 (39.6) 6 (15.4) 15 (46.9) 19 (63.3) <0.001
30 min of activity one to three times in the past 2 weeks (lowest option) 0 15 (14.9) 3 (7.7) 5 (15.6) 7 (23.3) 0.187
Less than 0.8 m/s speed on faster of two 4 m walks 0 60 (59.4) 25 (64.1) 20 (62.5) 15 (50.0) 0.492
Less than 20 kg for women or less than 30 kg for men on best of three grip strength tests 0 21 (20.8) 7 (17.9) 3 (9.4) 11 (36.7) 0.033