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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of patients without frailty (CFS < 5) and disability (ADL 6), patients with either disability (ADL < 6) or Frailty (CFS ≥ 5), or both frailty and disability

From: The association of the Activities of Daily Living and the outcome of old intensive care patients suffering from COVID-19

 

Non-frailty (CFS < 5)/no disability (ADL 6)

Frailty (CFS ≥ 5) or disability (ADL < 6)

Frailty and disability

p-value

 

n = 1829

n = 260

n = 270

 

Male sex ([%], n)

73% (1342)

67% (173)

57% (155)

 < 0.001

Age (years)

75 (4)

77 (6)

78 (5)

 < 0.001

SOFA

5 (3)

6 (3)

8 (4)

 < 0.001

CFS

3 (1)

5 (1)

6 (1)

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus ([%], n)

31% (557)

48% (125)

57% (153)

 < 0.001

CAD ([%], n)

20% (358)

30% (78)

39% (104)

 < 0.001

Chronic renal failure ([%], n)

11% (206)

27% (71)

34% (92)

 < 0.001

Arterial hypertension ([%], n)

64% (1167)

75% (194)

80% (215)

 < 0.001

Pulmonary disease ([%], n)

21% (377)

29% (74)

36% (98)

 < 0.001

Chronic heart failure ([%], n)

11% (196)

29% (73)

31% (83)

 < 0.001

  1. ADL Activities of Daily Living, CFS Clinical Frailty Scale, CAD coronary artery disease, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, p-value comparing all groups. [Numbers do not add up to 100% due to missing values]