Table 4.

Examining EQ-5D-5L and demographic data among four patient groups

Variables	non-frailty and non-LS (N = 192)	LS only (N = 21)	Frailty only (N = 12)	Frailty and LS (N = 6)	p-value
Age (years)	64.8 (9.6)	69.2 (10.8)	65.9 (9.9)	64.8 (13.3)	0.186
Sex (male/female)	90/102	8/13	1/11	3/3	0.015*
BMI (kg/m2)	23.8 (3.5)	24.0 (2.4)	21.8 (3.6)	24.9 (4.1)	0.174
EQ-5D-5L index	0.910 (0.08)	0.762 (0.20)	0.857 (0.09)	0.723 (0.18)	<0.001***

*<0.05, ***<0.001, Kruskal-Wallis test, Fisher’s exact test.

Bold indicates a statistically significant difference.

BMI: body mass index

EQ-5D-5L: 5-dimension EuroQol

LS: locomotive syndrome