Frailty prevalence and slow walking speed in persons age 65 and older: implications for primary care

BMC Primary Care

Table 2 Multivariate analysis of frailty

	Model I	Model II
	OR [95% CI]	OR [95% CI]
Age ^a	1.21 [1.18- 1.25]	1.14 [1.10- 1.19]
Sex: Woman (reference: man)	1.94 [1.23- 3.05]	1.30 [0.82- 2.06]
Poor self-rated health (reference: good)		2.52 [1.43- 4.44]
Number of drugs ^a		1.17 [1.08- 1.26]
Disability (reference: capable of BADL)		6.58 [3.92- 11.05]

^a Quantitative variable. BADL Basic activities of daily living.
Analysis adjusted for:
Model I (age, sex, educational level, socioeconomic level). R² =0.36.
Model II (age, sex, self-rated health, comorbidity, number of drugs, cognitive decline, physical disability). R² = 0.45.
The variables not shown in the table were not significantly associated with frailty.

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