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. 2022 Jun 10;22:498. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03135-y

Table 4.

Standardized prevalence of frailty index

Robust Pre-Frail Frail
Proportion % 95% CI Proportion % 95% CI Proportion % 95% CI
Total participants 18.8 16.1–21.8% 57.1 52.1–62.1% 23.9 19.5–29%
Sex Female 4.8 3.5–6.6% 60.2 52.6–67.4% 34.9 27.9–42.6%
Male 33.4 28.3–38.9% 54.1 47.7–60.3% 12.4 8.2–18.3%
Age groups 60–69 36.7 33.4–40% 58 54.6–61.4% 5.2 3.9–6.9%
70–79 25.4 21.4–29.8% 58.7 53.9–63.4% 15.8 12.5–19.7%
+ 80 12 8.4–16.9% 56.3 48.3–64% 31.6 24.4–39.7%
Age groups female F (60–69) 19.9 16.6–23.7% 70.4 66.2–74.4% 9.6 7.2–12.6%
F (70–79) 4.4 2.4–7.9% 69 62.3–75% 26.5 20.9–33%
F (+ 80) 1.5 0.4–5.9% 54.3 42.4–65.7% 44.1 32.7–56.1%
Age groups male M (60–69) 54.3 49.1–59.4% 44.9 39.9–50.1% 0.6 0.1–2.6%
M (70–79) 45.7 39–52.6% 48.8 41.9–55.7% 5.4 2.8–10%
M (+ 80) 23.5 16.4–32.6% 58.3 48.2–67.8% 1.8 11.3–27.5%
Living area Urban region 18.1 15.4–21.2% 55.4 50–60.7% 26.3 21.5–31.8%
Rural region 23.2 15.3–33.5% 70.5 58.5–80.1% 6.2 1–18.3%
WHO BMI categorization Low body weight 24.2 15–36.5% 58.5 42.3–73.1% 17.2 7.7–34.2%
Ideal body weight 20.9 17.2–25.2% 58.7 52–65.1% 20.2 14.8–27%
Overweight 20.7 15.3–27.3% 56.4 45.9–66.3% 22.9 14.6–33.9%
Obese 7.2 5.2–9.9% 49.9 34.5–65.2% 42.8 28.2–58.8%

CI confidence interval, BMI body mass index.

Note: Standardized for WHO population 2000-2025