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. 2021 Jul 29;42(37):3856–3865. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab468

Table 3.

Proportional hazards regression model evaluating the influence of physical frailty status on 6-year cardiovascular outcomes among older adults without a history of coronary heart disease in the National Health and Aging Trends Study

MACE  1 MACE  2 Death AMI Stroke PVD CAD
HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI) HR(95% CI)
Model 1a
 Pre-frailty

1.48

 

(1.33, 1.64)

1.42

 

(1.28, 1.59)

1.79

 

(1.49, 2.15)

1.51

 

(1.14, 2.01)

1.32

 

(1.12, 1.57)

1.66

 

(1.41, 1.97)

1.33

 

(1.16, 1.53)

 Frailty

2.34

 

(2.06, 2.67)

2.09

 

(1.81, 2.40)

3.70

 

(3.03, 4.50)

2.35

 

(1.65, 3.33)

2.00

 

(1.62, 2.46)

2.53

 

(2.07, 3.09)

1.80

 

(1.51, 2.15)

Model 2b
 Pre-frailty

1.47

 

(1.32, 1.63)

1.42

 

(1.27, 1.58)

1.75

 

(1.46, 2.11)

1.46

 

(1.10, 1.95)

1.36

 

(1.15, 1.61)

1.62

 

(1.37, 1.91)

1.32

 

(1.16, 1.52)

 Frailty

2.28

 

(1.99, 2.61)

2.05

 

(1.77, 2.37)

3.62

 

(2.95, 4.44)

2.35

 

(1.63, 3.38)

2.11

 

(1.69, 2.62)

2.32

 

(1.88, 2.85)

1.75

 

(1.46, 2.10)

Model 3c
 Pre-frailty

1.43

 

(1.28, 1.58)

1.36

 

(1.22, 1.52)

1.78

 

(1.48, 2.14)

1.42

 

(1.06, 1.90)

1.32

 

(1.11, 1.56)

1.56

 

(1.31, 1.85)

1.27

 

(1.11, 1.46)

 Frailty

2.15

 

(1.88, 2.47)

1.91

 

(1.65, 2.21)

3.61

 

(2.93, 4.43)

2.20

 

(1.52, 3.18)

1.98

 

(1.58, 2.47)

2.12

 

(1.72, 2.62)

1.65

 

(1.37, 1.98)

Model 4d
 Pre-frailty

1.34

 

(1.21, 1.49)

1.29 (1.15, 1.44)

1.64

 

(1.36, 1.98)

1.36

 

(1.01, 1.82)

1.25

 

(1.05, 1.49)

1.49

 

(1.25, 1.77)

1.17

 

(1.02, 1.35)

 Frailty

1.77

 

(1.53, 2.06)

1.59

 

(1.35, 1.87)

2.70

 

(2.16, 3.38)

1.95

 

(1.31, 2.90)

1.71

 

(1.34, 2.17)

1.80

 

(1.44, 2.27)

1.35

 

(1.11, 1.65)

MACE1: a composite of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease, and all-cause mortality; MACE2: a composite of acute myocardial infarction, stroke, peripheral vascular disease, coronary artery disease.

AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CAD, coronary artery disease; MACE, major adverse cardiovascular event; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.

a

Model 1 was adjusted for age.

b

Model 2 was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, census division, residence, and income.

c

Model 3 was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, census division, residence, income, body mass index, smoking status, diabetes, and hypertension.

d

Model 4 was adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity, census division, residence, income, body mass index, smoking status, diabetes, hypertension, dependency, and number of chronic diseases.