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. 2022 Jul 16;22:588. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03263-5

Table 4.

Impact of frailty status on each item of IADL disability incidence by sex

Item Frailty status at baseline Men Frailty status at baseline Women
Univariable Multivariable Univariable Multivariable
OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI OR 95% CI
Grooming Robust (n = 628) Ref Ref Robust (n = 571) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 492) 14.04 (1.81,109.12) 1.98 (0.15,25.51) Pre-frail (n = 682) 5.86 (0.72,47.78) 2.91 (0.32,26.40)
Frail (n =67) 18.75 (1.68,209.48) 0.00 (0, 0.00) Frail (n = 95) 18.03 (1.86,175.16) 7.75 (0.61,99.24)
Performing household chores Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 1.38 (0.87,2.21) 1.14 (0.55,2.37) Pre-frail (n = 689) 2.26 (1.21,4.23) 2.02 (0.82,4.96)
Frail (n = 69) 2.79 (1.32,5.91) 1.70 (0.51,5.67) Frail (n = 98) 7.20 (3.36,15.46) 4.99 (1.57,15.82)
Cooking Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 1.26 (0.86,1.84) 0.94 (0.51,1.74) Pre-frail (n = 689) 3.55 (1.54,8.16) 1.90 (0.66,5.42)
Frail (n = 69) 1.42 (0.67,3.01) 1.17 (0.36,3.74) Frail (n = 98) 11.26 (4.32,29.40) 2.86 (0.75,10.88)
Doing laundry Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 1.08 (0.58,2.02) 0.55 (0.19,1.55) Pre-frail (n = 689) 8.33 (2.53,27.50) 4.79 (1.05,21.95)
Frail (n = 69) 4.14 (1.82,9.39) 2.84 (0.74,10.93) Frail (n = 98) 19.18 (5.09,72.20) 9.92 (1.77,55.50)
Going out Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 14.34 (3.36,61.27) 9.29 (1.14,75.60) Pre-frail (n = 689) 13.58 (1.80–102.68) 1.9.E+07 (0, 0.00)
Frail (n = 69) 29.86 (5.9,151.04) 5.39 (0.31,94.38) Frail (n = 98) 30.70 (3.55–265.71) 8.8.E+07 (0, 0.00)
Using transportation Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 8.52 (2.95,24.57) 12.70 (1.59,101.12) Pre-frail (n = 689) 7.14 (2.52,20.29) 9.87 (1.27,76.71)
Frail (n = 69) 20.49 (6,70.02) 21.49 (2.03,227.65) Frail (n = 98) 25.66 (8.32,79.18) 28.50 (3.15,257.65)
Shopping Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 6.80 (2.59,17.85) 5.86 (1.25,27.42) Pre-frail (n = 689) 4.00 (1.64,9.72) 4.29 (0.93,19.76)
Frail (n = 69) 14.09 (4.34,45.72) 6.39 (0.81,50.49) Frail (n = 98) 13.16 (4.81,35.99) 9.85 (1.67,57.90)
Managing money Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 1.13 (0.74,1.74) 0.91 (0.48,1.73) Pre-frail (n = 689) 1.64 (1.09,2.47) 2.45 (1.29,4.66)
Frail (n = 69) 2.30 (1.13,4.66) 1.70 (0.58,5.02) Frail (n = 97) 4.12 (2.31,7.35) 2.87 (1.15,7.12)
Using Telephone Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 3.49 (1.11,11.04) 2.56 (0.25,25.90) Pre-frail (n = 689) 12.71 (1.67,96.50) 6.27 (0.74,53.13)
Frail (n = 69) 12.21 (3.2,46.61) 8.13 (0.6,110.91) Frail (n = 98) 24.30 (2.69,219.76) 1.72 (0.09,31.73)
Taking medication Robust (n = 629) Ref Ref Robust (n = 572) Ref Ref
Pre-frail (n = 503) 5.80 (1.95,17.25) 4.88 (0.54,43.77) Pre-frail (n = 689) 2.23 (0.59,8.45) 1.03 (0.18,6.05)
Frail (n = 69) 9.62 (2.35,39.35) 8.58 (0.65,113.82) Frail (n = 98) 0.00 (0,0.00) 0.00 (0,0.00)

Multivariable: adjusted for age, low education level, marital status, residence, social security recipient, smoking status, alcohol intake, body mass index, number of comorbidities. Bold text indicates significant ORs. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval