Table 1:
Fried criteria to assess frailty (adapted from Graham et al.)[11]
Dimension: | Measure: |
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Activity | Minnesota Leisure Time Activity Questionnaire revealing energy expenditure <383 kcal/week (men) or <270 kcal/week (women) respectively. |
Self-reported exhaustion | “I could not get going in the last week” or “I felt that everything I did was an effort in the last week” |
Slowness | Walking <15 feet in 6-7 seconds |
Weakness | BMI and gender-stratified cutoffs |
Weight loss | Unintentional loss of >10 lbs over the past year |
Abbreviations: kcal: kilocalories, BMI: Body Mass Index