Table 5 Association between Fried Frailty Phenotypes and the probable mild cognitive impairment by sex. Abbreviations: K-MMSE, the Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; pMCI, probable mild cognitive impairment; Ref, reference. Model 1 was unadjusted. Model 2 was adjusted for age, center, and intracranial volume. Model 3 was further adjusted for cohabitation, educational attainment, perceived social support scores, sleep duration, smoking status (men only), alcohol consumption, type 2 diabetes mellitus, hypertension, waist circumference, and total cholesterol. Smoking status was unadjusted in the women’s group due to influential points.

From: Physical frailty and MRI markers of structural brain integrity in the community-dwelling late middle-aged and old adults

K-MMSE

Men (n=700)

Women (n=1357)

OR (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

Robust (n=336)

Pre-frail (n=327)

Frail (n=37)

P-values

Robust (n=583)

Pre-frail (n=684)

Frail (n=90)

P-values

pMCI (<24)

Model 1

Ref

1.85 (0.90 to 3.83)

5.23 (1.83 to 14.89)

0.002

Ref

3.69 (2.34 to 5.81)

10.08 (5.53 to 18.36)

<0.001

Model 2

Ref

1.39 (0.65 to 3.00)

4.43 (1.37 to 14.3)

0.013

Ref

2.86 (1.78 to 4.59)

5.79 (3.02 to 11.09)

<0.001

Model 3

Ref

1.24 (0.56 to 2.75)

3.75 (1.09 to 12.9)

0.037

Ref

2.12 (1.29 to 3.49)

3.94 (1.99 to 7.83)

<0.001