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Table 3 Key characteristics based on FI-GFI group

From: Identifying frailty: do the Frailty Index and Groningen Frailty Indicator cover different clinical perspectives? a cross-sectional study

 

Group 1:

Group 2:

Group 3:

Group 4:

Comparison of groups 3 and 4: p-value

 

FI < 0.08 &

FI ≥ 0.08 &

FI ≥ 0.08 &

FI < 0.08 &

 
 

GFI < 4

GFI ≥ 4

GFI < 4

GFI ≥ 4

 

N (%)

216 (33.9)

211 (33.1)

172 (27.0)

39 (6.1)

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Age, mean (SD)

68.0 (7.2)

78.2 (9.3)

74.6 (8.0)

72.4 (8.6)

0.12a

Females, n (%)

117 (52.2)

111 (53.6)

80 (48.8)

29 (67.4)

0.011b

Consultation gap in days, mean (SD)

222 (571)

47 (54)

65 (78)

96 (160)

0.075a

Living alone as a widower or after divorce, n (%)

35 (16.2)

99 (46.9)

54 (31.4)

19 (48.7)

0.040b

Primary education or less, n (%)

25 (11.6)

48 (22.7)

23 (13.4)

7 (17.9)

0.46b

  1. a Differences were evaluated with the Independent Samples t-test. b Differences were evaluated with the Pearson Chi-Square test.