Table 1 The demographic and clinical characteristics of all participants (N = 283).

From: Path analysis of predictors of frailty in hospitalised patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Variables

N

%

Age (years, mean ± SD)

68.074 ± 6.46

 

Grip strength (kg, mean ± SD)

22.614 ± 8.31

 

BMI (kg/m2, mean ± SD)

21.827 ± 4.05

 

Gender

 Male

255

90.11

 Female

28

9.89

Marital status

 Married

262

92.58

 Single

21

7.42

Education

 Primary school and below

2

0.71

 Primary school

104

36.75

 Junior high school

110

38.87

 High school and above

67

23.67

Living status

 Yes

20

7.07

 No

263

92.93

Multimorbidity

 Yes

148

47.70

 No

135

52.30

CAT score

 Slight impact

89

31.45

 Moderate impact

44

15.55

 Severe impact

73

25.80

 Very severe impact

77

27.21

GOLD stage

 1

82

28.98

 2

83

29.33

 3

67

23.67

 4

51

18.02

Frail

 Robust

74

26.15

 Prefrail

113

39.93

 Frailty

96

33.92

  1. SD standard deviation.
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