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Table 4 Impact of frailty status on each item of IADL disability incidence by sex

From: The effect of sex and physical frailty on incident disability after 2 years among community-dwelling older adults: KFACS study

Item

Frailty status at baseline

Men

Frailty status at baseline

Women

Univariable

Multivariable

Univariable

Multivariable

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Grooming

Robust (n = 628)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 571)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 492)

14.04

(1.81,109.12)

1.98

(0.15,25.51)

Pre-frail (n = 682)

5.86

(0.72,47.78)

2.91

(0.32,26.40)

Frail (n =67)

18.75

(1.68,209.48)

0.00

(0, 0.00)

Frail (n = 95)

18.03

(1.86,175.16)

7.75

(0.61,99.24)

Performing household chores

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

1.38

(0.87,2.21)

1.14

(0.55,2.37)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

2.26

(1.21,4.23)

2.02

(0.82,4.96)

Frail (n = 69)

2.79

(1.32,5.91)

1.70

(0.51,5.67)

Frail (n = 98)

7.20

(3.36,15.46)

4.99

(1.57,15.82)

Cooking

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

1.26

(0.86,1.84)

0.94

(0.51,1.74)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

3.55

(1.54,8.16)

1.90

(0.66,5.42)

Frail (n = 69)

1.42

(0.67,3.01)

1.17

(0.36,3.74)

Frail (n = 98)

11.26

(4.32,29.40)

2.86

(0.75,10.88)

Doing laundry

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

1.08

(0.58,2.02)

0.55

(0.19,1.55)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

8.33

(2.53,27.50)

4.79

(1.05,21.95)

Frail (n = 69)

4.14

(1.82,9.39)

2.84

(0.74,10.93)

Frail (n = 98)

19.18

(5.09,72.20)

9.92

(1.77,55.50)

Going out

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

14.34

(3.36,61.27)

9.29

(1.14,75.60)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

13.58

(1.80–102.68)

1.9.E+07

(0, 0.00)

Frail (n = 69)

29.86

(5.9,151.04)

5.39

(0.31,94.38)

Frail (n = 98)

30.70

(3.55–265.71)

8.8.E+07

(0, 0.00)

Using transportation

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

8.52

(2.95,24.57)

12.70

(1.59,101.12)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

7.14

(2.52,20.29)

9.87

(1.27,76.71)

Frail (n = 69)

20.49

(6,70.02)

21.49

(2.03,227.65)

Frail (n = 98)

25.66

(8.32,79.18)

28.50

(3.15,257.65)

Shopping

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

6.80

(2.59,17.85)

5.86

(1.25,27.42)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

4.00

(1.64,9.72)

4.29

(0.93,19.76)

Frail (n = 69)

14.09

(4.34,45.72)

6.39

(0.81,50.49)

Frail (n = 98)

13.16

(4.81,35.99)

9.85

(1.67,57.90)

Managing money

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

1.13

(0.74,1.74)

0.91

(0.48,1.73)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

1.64

(1.09,2.47)

2.45

(1.29,4.66)

Frail (n = 69)

2.30

(1.13,4.66)

1.70

(0.58,5.02)

Frail (n = 97)

4.12

(2.31,7.35)

2.87

(1.15,7.12)

Using Telephone

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

3.49

(1.11,11.04)

2.56

(0.25,25.90)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

12.71

(1.67,96.50)

6.27

(0.74,53.13)

Frail (n = 69)

12.21

(3.2,46.61)

8.13

(0.6,110.91)

Frail (n = 98)

24.30

(2.69,219.76)

1.72

(0.09,31.73)

Taking medication

Robust (n = 629)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Robust (n = 572)

Ref

 

Ref

 

Pre-frail (n = 503)

5.80

(1.95,17.25)

4.88

(0.54,43.77)

Pre-frail (n = 689)

2.23

(0.59,8.45)

1.03

(0.18,6.05)

Frail (n = 69)

9.62

(2.35,39.35)

8.58

(0.65,113.82)

Frail (n = 98)

0.00

(0,0.00)

0.00

(0,0.00)

  1. Multivariable: adjusted for age, low education level, marital status, residence, social security recipient, smoking status, alcohol intake, body mass index, number of comorbidities. Bold text indicates significant ORs. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval