Table 3 Associations between sociodemographic characteristics and presence of frailty by gender
Men | Women | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Robust n (%) | Pre-frail n (%) | Frail n (%) | p-valuea | Robust n (%) | Pre-frail n (%) | Frail n (%) | p-valuea | |
Age (years) | 0.189 | 0.023 | ||||||
65–74 | 4 (33.3) | 71 (55.5) | 30 (45.5) | 12 (85.7) | 159 (60.0) | 52 (50.0) | ||
75–100 | 8 (66.7) | 57 (44.5) | 36 (54.5) | 2 (14.3) | 106 (40.0) | 52 (50.0) | ||
Education level | 0.945 | 0.479 | ||||||
Incomplete/primary education | 6 (50.0) | 62 (48.5) | 36 (54.5) | 6 (42.9) | 141 (53.2) | 64 (61.5) | ||
Secondary studies | 4 (33.3) | 41 (32.0) | 18 (27.3) | 6 (42.9) | 80 (30.2) | 27 (26.0) | ||
Higher studies | 2 (16.7) | 25 (19.5) | 12 (18.2) | 2 (14.1) | 44 (16.6) | 13 (12.5) | ||
Marital status | 0.944 | 0.044 | ||||||
Married | 4 (33.3) | 47 (36.7) | 22 (33.3) | 4 (28.6) | 71 (26.8) | 17 (16.4) | ||
Single | 4 (33.3) | 44 (34.4) | 21 (31.9) | 5 (35.7) | 89 (33.6) | 28 (26.9) | ||
Divorced/separated/widowed | 4 (33.3) | 37 (28.9) | 23 (34.8) | 5 (35.7) | 105 (39.6) | 59 (56.7) | ||
Current smoking habit | 0.684 | 0.169 | ||||||
No | 8 (66.7) | 73 (57.0) | 41 (62.1) | 12 (85.7) | 236 (89.1) | 85 (81.7) | ||
Yes | 4 (33.3) | 55 (43.0) | 25 (37.9) | 2 (14.3) | 29 (10.9) | 19 (18.3) | ||
Current drinking habit | 0.951 | 0.266 | ||||||
No | 5 (41.7) | 57 (44.5) | 28 (42.4) | 10 (71.4) | 220 (83.0) | 80 (76.9) | ||
Yes | 7 (58.3) | 71 (55.5) | 38 (57.6) | 4 (28.6) | 45 (17.0) | 24 (23.1) | ||
Presence of chronic diseasesb | 0.924 | 0.017 | ||||||
No | 8 (66.7) | 79 (61.7) | 40 (60.6) | 11 (78.6) | 118 (44.5) | 40 (38.5) | ||
Yes | 4 (33.3) | 49 (38.3) | 26 (39.4) | 3 (21.4) | 147 (55.5) | 64 (61.5) | ||