Table 3.
Physical frailty transitions between baseline and follow-up, n (%)
| 3 -year period (2008–2011) | 6-year period (2008–2014) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | female | male | Total | female | male | |
| Remaining robust and prefrail | 2605 (45.3) | 1160 (40.0) | 1445 (50.8) | 1617 (45.6) | 731 (40.9) | 886 (50.3) |
| Worsening | 1649 (28.7) | 870 (30.0) | 779 (27.4) | 1132 (31.9) | 586 (32.8) | 546 (31.0) |
| Improvement | 1185 (20.6) | 630 (21.7) | 555 (19.5) | 676 (19.1) | 371 (20.8) | 305 (17.3) |
| Remaining frail | 307 (5.3) | 241 (8.3) | 66 (2.3) | 123 (3.5) | 98 (5.5) | 25 (1.4) |
| Total | 5746 | 2901 | 2845 | 3548 | 1786 | 1762 |
Notes: chi-squared test for physical frailty transitions by gender in 3-year period: p < 0.0001
chi-squared test for physical frailty transitions by gender in 6-year period: p < 0.0001