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Table 1 Patient baseline characteristics with or without frailty

From: Frailty index is useful for predicting postoperative morbidity in older patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery: a prospective cohort study

 

No. of patients (n = 246)

Non-frail (n = 199)

Frail (n = 47)

p

Age (years)a

72 (67.0–77.0)

71.0 (67.0–76.0)

74.0 (70.0–81.0)

0.001

Sex (n, %)

   

0.876

F

71 (28.9)

57 (28.6)

14 (29.8)

 

M

175 (71.1)

142 (71.4)

33 (70.2)

 

BMI (kg/m2)a

23.4 (20.8–25.1)

23.4 (21.2–25.3)

22.1 (19.9–24.3)

0.005

Albumin (g/L)a

40.9 (38.7–43.3)

41.1 (39.3–43.4)

40.2 (37.6–42.2)

0.010

Hb (g/L)a

130.5 (115.0–140.3)

132.0 (118.0–143.0)

118.0 (96.0–113.0)

 < 0.001

CRP (g/L)a

3.6 (2.3–7.3)

3.8 (2.4–6.7)

3.3 (2.1–26.8)

0.712

IL-6 (ng/L)a

3.9 (3.1–12.2)

4.0 (3.1–12.4)

3.8 (2.4–10.7)

0.945

ASA grade (n, %)

   

0.006

II

158 (64.2)

136 (68.3)

22 (46.8)

 

III

88 (35.8)

63 (31.7)

25 (53.2)

 
  1. BMI body mass index, Hb hemoglobin, CRP C-reactive protein, IL-6 interleukin-6, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists
  2. aData showed as median (interquartile range 25–75%)