Table 5 Hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) for mortality by frailty categories in HSD and SNAC-K, over all the available follow-up.

From: Frailty detection among primary care older patients through the Primary Care Frailty Index (PC-FI)

 

HSD

SNAC-K

Incidence rate

Deaths per 1000 persons/year

Unadjusted

HR (95% CI)

Age, sex, and geographic area adjusted

HR (95% CI)

Incidence rate

Deaths per 1000 persons/year

Unadjusted

HR (95% CI)

Age and sex adjusted

HR (95% CI)

Frailty categories

Fit

8.2

Ref

Ref

18.8

Ref

Ref

Mild frailty

22.2

2.7 (2.6–2.8)

1.65 (1.61–1.70)

75.9

4.0 (3.49–4.59)

1.99 (1.73–2.30)

Moderate frailty

55.5

6.7 (6.5–6.9)

2.97 (2.88–3.06)

176.0

9.25 (7.91–10.8)

3.28 (2.77–3.87)

Severe frailty

116.0

14.0 (13.5–14.5)

5.05 (4.88–5.23)

254.0

13.5 (11.0–16.7)

4.41 (3.54–5.49)

  1. HSD Health Search Database, SNAC-K Swedish National Study on Aging and Care in Kungsholmen.