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. 2023 Feb 27;13:3345. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-29933-x

Table 2.

Patient characteristics by frailty type.

Characteristics Total (n = 253) Not Frail (n = 184) Frail (n = 67) p value*
Age,
 Mean (SD) 63.26 (17.41) 61.70 (17.06) 68.15 (17.51) 0.004
 Median (IQR) 66 (55–75) 65 (54–73) 72 (56–81)
Age, n(%) 0.007
 < 65 112 89 (79%) 23 (21%)
 65–69 34 28 (82%) 6 (18%)
 70–74 39 28 (72%) 11 (28%)
 75–79 27 20 (74%) 7 (26%)
 80–84 19 10 (53%) 9 (47%)
 85 +  20 9 (45%) 11 (55%)
Sex, n (%) 0.901
 Female 124 (49.0%) 89 (48.4%) 33 (49.2%)
 Male 129 (51.0%) 95 (51.6%) 34 (50.8%)
Admission type, n (%) 0.003
 Acute 97 (38.3%) 61 (33.2%) 36 (53.7%)
 Elective 156 (61.7%) 123 (66.8%) 31 (46.3%)
Admitting service, n (%) 0.000
 Medical 75 (29.6%) 34 (18.5%) 41 (61.2%)
 Mental Health 28 (11.1%) 20 (10.9%) 8 (11.9%)
 Rehabilitation 21 (8.3%) 12 (6.5%) 9 (13.4%)
 Surgical 129 (51.0%) 118 (64.1%) 9 (13.4%)
Current pain, n (%) 0.000
 No pain 80 (31.9%) 55 (29.9%) 25 (37.3%)
 Mild pain 103 (41.0%) 89 (48.4%) 14 (20.9%)
 Moderate pain 55 (21.9%) 34 (18.5%) 21 (31.3%)
 Severe pain 13 (5.2%) 6 (3.3%) 7 (10.4%)

*Chi-square tests. Bold means statically significant.