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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics by survival status - univariate cox analysis

From: Frailty and its association with long-term mortality among community-dwelling older adults aged 75 years and over

 

Survivors

(n = 28,673)

Deceased (n = 15,064)

Hazard ratio

(95% Confidence interval)

p value

Demographics

 Age at index date, years, median [IQR]

75 [75, 78]

82 [77, 87]

1.13 (1.12–1.13)

< 0.001

 Male gender, n (%)

12,300 (42.9)

7,000 (46.5)

1.16 (1.12–1.19)

< 0.001

Population sector

 Non-Orthodox Jews, n (%)

23,414 (81.7)

12,101 (80.3)

reference

 Orthodox Jews, n (%)

3,796 (13.2)

1,984 (13.2)

1.02 (0.98–1.07)

0.344

 Arabs, n (%)

1,463 (5.1)

979 (6.5)

1.36 (1.28–1.46)

< 0.001

Frailty

 None, n (%)

18,155 (63.3)

6,186 (41.1)

reference

 Mild, n (%)

7,478 (26.1)

4,782 (31.7)

1.64 (1.58–1.71)

< 0.001

 Moderate, n (%)

2,517 (8.8)

3,016 (20.0)

2.62 (2.51–2.73)

< 0.001

 Severe, n (%)

523 (1.8)

1,080 (7.2)

3.77 (3.53–4.02)

< 0.001