Table 3 Association between frailty and adverse outcomes (3-year follow-up) according to Cox regression models.

From: The role of frailty in predicting mortality and readmission in older adults in acute care wards: a prospective study

 

Mortality

Hospital readmission

No frailty

Frailty

No frailty

Frailty

Unadjusted

HR (95% CI) P

Reference (1)

2.18 (1.27–3.74) 0.005

Reference (1)

1.45 (1.08–1.94) 0.013

Adjusted model 1*

HR (95% CI) P

Reference (1)

2.17 (1.26–3.76) 0.006

Reference (1)

1.44 (1.07–1.93) 0.016

Adjusted model 2**

HR (95% CI) P

Reference (1)

2.09 (1.20–3.63) 0.009

Reference (1)

1.40 (1.04–1.88) 0.026

  1. Note: *Adjusted model 1: Age, sex, education.
  2. **Adjusted model 2: Age, sex, education, BMI, body mass index, marital status, alcohol intake.
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