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. 2022 Nov 16;22:867. doi: 10.1186/s12877-022-03493-7

Table 2.

Comparisons of physical activity patterns for frailty and its subdomains measured at 2015

Physical activity pattern
Consistently inactive
(n = 2001)
Consistently active
(n = 1077)
Incline
(n = 785)
Decline
(n = 1268)
p
Age (mean [SD]) 66.5 9.24 64.78 7.85 60.92 7.69 67.49 7.63 < 0.001
Female (%) 1039 51.9 368 34.2 375 47.8 589 46.5 < 0.001
OHIPq3 (mean [SD]) 0.56 0.5 0.42 0.49 0.48 0.5 0.52 0.5 0.001
OHIPq7 (mean [SD]) 0.29 0.46 0.22 0.41 0.25 0.43 0.28 0.45 0.097
SPMSQ (mean [SD]) 9.42 2.14 9.82 1.91 9.51 2.04 8.78 2.64 < 0.001
Loneliness (mean [SD]) 6.45 2.09 6.56 1.97 6.41 1.8 6.49 1.89 0.744
Life satisfaction (mean [SD]) 2.89 1.43 3.37 1.21 3.24 1.26 2.93 1.4 < 0.001
CESD (mean [SD]) 9.21 5.06 8.07 3.74 8.07 4.09 9.29 5.1 < 0.001
Frailty score at 2015 (mean [SD]) 26 6.36 23.34 5.36 23.49 5.8 28.26 6.96 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Disease status (mean [SD])

1.77 1.39 1.8 1.27 1.78 1.25 2.21 1.46 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Sensory dysfunction (mean [SD])

0.5 0.7 0.32 0.55 0.35 0.62 0.58 0.73 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Balance dysfunction (mean [SD])

0.63 0.48 0.72 0.45 0.76 0.43 0.41 0.49 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Functional limitation measured by IADL (mean [SD])

2.64 3.15 1.31 2.1 1.41 2.32 4 3.32 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Functional limitation measured by ADL (mean [SD])

4.14 3.41 2.7 2.64 2.8 2.78 5.61 3.34 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Functional limitation measured by Social activities (mean [SD])

12.94 1.6 11.94 2.02 11.84 1.85 13.05 1.62 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Health risk behavior (mean [SD])

0.33 0.62 0.32 0.6 0.36 0.65 0.2 0.46 < 0.001

Frailty subdomain –

Perceived health (mean [SD])

0.59 0.49 0.68 0.47 0.61 0.49 0.48 0.5 < 0.001

The percentage was based on the corresponding responses divided by the total number of respondents. OHIPq3 = Oral Health Impact Profile question 3: Are you uncomfortable to eat due to an oral problem in recent 12 months? OHIPq7 = Oral Health Impact Profile question 7: Do you experience a worse taste due to an oral problem in recent 12 months? SPMSQ = Portable Mental Status Questionnaire Short. CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. IADL = Instrumental Activities of Daily Living. ADL = Activities of Daily Living