Table 1 Baseline characteristics by frailty level
From: The pictorial fit-frail scale: a novel tool for frailty assessment in critically ill older adults
|  | No frailty (PFFSTrans<0.2) | Mild-moderate frailty (0.2 ≤ PFFSTrans <0.45) | Severe frailty (PFFSTrans≥0.45) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
n | 56 (33.33) | 81 (48.21) | 31 (18.45) | Â |
Age (years) | 75.24 (71.93, 77.22) | 75.72 (72.93, 79.32) | 75.69 (72.76, 80.75) | 0.333 |
Male sex | 38 (67.86) | 49 (60.49) | 17 (54.84) | 0.468 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.03 (24.47, 31.20) | 27.34 (24.22,31.59) | 26.70 (22.84, 30.49) | 0.564 |
Admission category | Â | Â | Â | Â |
 Medical  Surgical  Trauma  Transplantation  Ob-Gyn | 33 (58.93) 12 (21.43) 9 (16.07) 2 (3.57) 0 | 57 (70.37) 16 (19.75) 6 (7.41) 1 (1.23) 1 (1.23) | 15 (47.49) 14 (24.56) 2 (6.45) 0 0 | 0.014 |
APACHE2 | 22 (16.24,5) | 24 (19, 27) | 23 (18,28) | 0.287 |
SOFA24 | 7 (4, 9.5) | 8 (5, 10) | 8 (4, 10) | 0.498 |
PFFSTrans | 0.12 (0.07,0.16) | 0.30 (0.24,0.40) | 0.56 (0.49,0.65) | NA |