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Table 15 Combined effect of frailty and nutrition on mortality

From: Frailty, nutrition-related parameters, and mortality across the adult age spectrum

Frailty index score

Nutrition index score

N (%)

Cox regression analysis

Hazard ratio (95%CI)

p value

≤ 0.1

≤ 0.2

1740 (24.5)

1.00 (reference)

 

> 0.2 to 0.3

1494 (19.5)

1.23 (0.71, 2.12)

0.468

> 0.3 to 0.4

880 (11.2)

1.48 (0.84, 2.64)

0.178

> 0.4 to 0.5

487 (5.7)

1.80 (0.95, 3.42)

0.073

> 0.5

257 (3.0)

1.59 (0.68, 3.69)

0.281

> 0.1 to 0.2

≤ 0.2

424 (5.0)

1.59 (0.95, 2.65)

0.079

> 0.2 to 0.3

541 (6.0)

1.59 (0.95, 2.65)

0.069

> 0.3 to 0.4

422 (4.3)

2.13 (1.31, 3.46)

0.002*

> 0.4 to 0.5

329 (3.5)

3.26 (2.01, 5.29)

< 0.001*

> 0.5

194 (1.8)

2.53 (1.44, 4.45)

0.001*

> 0.2 to 0.3

≤ 0.2

123 (1.3)

1.70 (0.92, 3.15)

0.092

> 0.2 to 0.3

239 (2.4)

2.88 (1.77, 4.68)

< 0.001*

> 0.3 to 0.4

255 (2.3)

3.04 (1.88, 4.91)

< 0.001*

> 0.4 to 0.5

193 (1.7)

3.97 (2.44, 6.46)

< 0.001*

> 0.5

139 (1.2)

4.23 (2.53, 7.08)

< 0.001*

> 0.3

≤ 0.2

73 (0.6)

2.64 (1.39, 5.01)

< 0.001*

> 0.2 to 0.3

135 (1.2)

4.38 (2.62, 7.31)

< 0.001*

> 0.3 to 0.4

194 (1.6)

5.26 (3.29, 8.39)

< 0.001*

> 0.4 to 0.5

194 (1.6)

5.09 (3.16, 8.18)

< 0.001*

> 0.5

217 (1.7)

8.17 (5.16, 12.94)

< 0.001*

  1. The percentages are weighted
  2. All analyses were adjusted for age, sex, race, educational level, marital status, employment status, smoking, and study cohort, *p value < 0.05