Table 5.
Relationship between the Groningen Frailty Indicator scores and the elderly subgroup characteristics (n = 390)
| Exp (β) | p value | 95% CI for Exp (β) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||
| Constant | 0.01 | 0.01 | ||
| Age | 1.07 | 0.005 | 1.02 | 1.11 |
| Gender | 0.05 | |||
| Female | 1.92 | 1.01 | 3.71 | |
| Male | 1 | |||
| Quality of life | 0.71 | |||
| Very poor and poor | 0.60 | 0.51 | 0.14 | 2.66 |
| Fair | 1.10 | 0.80 | 0.54 | 2.23 |
| Good and very good | 1 | |||
| Practicing sportive activity | 0.002 | |||
| No | 3.10 | 1.49 | 6.45 | |
| Yes, regularly | 1 | |||
| Financial perception | 0.003 | |||
| Poor | 20.98 | 0.01 | 2.06 | 213.75 |
| Fair | 2.69 | 0.06 | 0.95 | 7.63 |
| Good | 0.87 | 0.76 | 0.33 | 2.24 |
| Very good and excellent | 1 | |||
| Morbidity | 0.001 | |||
| No | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.44 | |
| Yes | 1 | |||
| Social club membership | 0.53 | |||
| Yes | 0.70 | 0.24 | 2.08 | |
| No | 1 | |||
Nagelkerke R square = 0.361; CI confidence interval. Variables shown in this table were selected because of their association with GFI in the univariate analysis and of their potential public health interest regarding the current situation in Lebanon. Marital status and education were excluded in view of their high association with gender (p < 0.001). SRH was also excluded in view of the high correlation with financial status (r = 0.53; p < 0.001)