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Table 1 Gender and Age by Frailty Score Level

From: Effect of number of medications and use of potentially inappropriate medications on frailty among early-stage older outpatients

Variables

Frailty score 0

n = 556

n (%)

Frailty score 1–2

n = 318

n (%)

Frailty score ≥ 3

n = 49

n (%)

p-valuea

Gender Male

275 (49.5)

135 (42.5)

22 (44.9)

0.132

 Female

281 (50.5)

183 (57.5)

27 (55.1)

Age, median (interquartile range)

70 (68, 72)

71 (68.25, 72)

70 (68, 72)

 

 65–68 years

197 (35.4)

80 (25.2)

14 (28.6)

0.025

 69–71 years

193 (34.7)

119 (37.4)

18 (36.7)

 72–74 years

166 (29.9)

119 (37.4)

17 (34.7)

  1. a Chi-square test