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Table 1 Cohort characteristics

From: Frailty and the prediction of dependence and mortality in low- and middle-income countries: a 10/66 population-based cohort study

 

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Peru (urban)

Peru (rural)

Venezuela

Mexico (urban)

Mexico (rural)

China (urban)

China (rural)

India (urban)

All centres combined

MORTALITY COHORT

           

Baseline sample (alive at baseline)

2813

2011

1381

552

1997

1003

1000

1160

1002

1005

13924

Vital status determined (% of baseline sample)

2637 (93.7 %)

1706 (84.8 %)

1245 (90.2 %)

507 (91.8 %)

1697 (84.5 %)

909 (90.6 %)

933 (93.3 %)

989 (85.2 %)

1002 (100.0 %)

748 (74.4 %)

12373 (88.9 %)

Deaths (% of those with vital status determined)

609 (23.1 %)

467 (27.4 %)

98 (7.9 %)

54 (10.6 %)

200 (11.8 %)

99 (10.9 %)

110 (11.8 %)

224 (22.6 %)

291 (29.0 %)

154 (20.6 %)

2306 (18.6 %)

Person years of follow-up

10852.5

7448.6

3592.7

1764.1

7031.1

2667.1

2689.3

4630.6

4563.3

2198.7

47437.9

Mortality rate (per 1000 person-years)

56.1 (51.8–60.7)

62.7 (57.2–68.6)

27.3 (22.3 –33.1)

30.6 (23.2–39.6)

28.4 (24.7–32.6)

37.1 (30.3–45.0)

40.9 (33.8–49.1)

48.4 (42.3–55.0)

63.8 (56.8–71.4)

70.0 (59.6–81.8)

56.1 (51.8–60.7)

Median years of follow-up (25th and 75th centile)

4.2 (3.5–5.0)

5.0 (3.6–5.1)

2.8 (2.4–3.4)

3.7 (3.6–3.8)

4.2 (4.0–4.8)

3.0 (2.9–3.2)

3.0 (2.9–3.1)

4.9 (4.6–5.3)

4.9 (4.4–5.2)

2.9 (2.5–3.6)

3.9 (3.0–4.9)

Mean age at baseline (SD)

75.2 (7.1)

75.4 (7.6)

75.0 (7.4)

74.1 (7.3)

72.3 (6.8)

74.4 (6.6)

74.1 (6.6)

74.1 (6.3)

72.4 (6.0)

71.4 (6.1)

74.1 (7.0)

Female sex (%)

1714 (65.0 %)

1130 (66.3 %)

805 (64.7 %)

270 (53.2 %)

1072 (63.2 %)

605 (66.5 %)

569 (60.9 %)

560 (56.6 %)

556 (55.5 %)

422 (57.2 %)

7703 (62.3 %)

Did not complete primary education (%)

661 (25.1 %)

1211 (71.7 %)

114 (9.2 %)

206 (41.3 %)

499 (30.0 %)

530 (58.4 %)

787 (84.2 %)

346 (35.0 %)

693 (69.2 %)

492 (66.0 %)

5539 (45.1 %)

Fried frailty model

554 (21.0 %)

591 (34.6 %)

323 (25.9 %)

87 (17.2 %)

187 (11.0 %)

92 (10.1 %)

79 (8.5 %)

77 (7.8 %)

87 (8.7 %)

85 (11.4 %)

2162 (17.5 %)

Multidimensional frailty model

889 (33.7 %)

816 (47.8 %)

351 (28.2 %)

130 (25.6 %)

340 (20.0 %)

208 (22.9 %)

338 (36.2 %)

112 (11.3 %)

225 (22.5 %)

195 (26.1 %)

3604 (29.1 %)

DEPENDENCE COHORT

           

Baseline sample (no needs for care at baseline)

2225

1770

1246

524

1754

889

918

977

948

 

11251

Re-interviewed (% of baseline sample)

1662 (74.7 %)

1144 (64.6 %)

830 (66.6 %)

399 (76.1 %)

1154 (65.8 %)

688 (77.4 %)

664 (72.3 %)

671 (68.7 %)

698 (73.6 %)

–

7910 (70.3 %)

Incident dependence (% of those re-interviewed)

233 (14.0 %)

242 (21.2 %)

95 (11.4 %)

38 (9.5 %)

181 (15.7 %)

90 (13.1 %)

90 (13.6 %)

151 (22.5 %)

74 (10.6 %)

–

1194 (15.1 %)

Person years of follow-up

7031.6

5002.0

2317.1

1414.5

4702.4

1979.3

1900.4

3020.7

3320.7

–

30688.8

Incidence rate (per 1000 person-years)

33.1 (29.1–37.6)

48.4 (42.6–54.8)

41.0 (33.4–49.9)

26.9 (19.3–36.5)

38.5 (33.2–44.4)

45.5 (36.8–55.6)

47.4 (38.3–57.9)

50.0 (42.5–58.5)

22.3 (17.6–27.8)

–

38.9 (36.7–41.2)

Median years of follow-up (25th and 75th centile)

4.3 (3.6–5.1)

5.0 (4.8–5.2)

2.8 (2.4–3.2)

3.7 (3.6–3.7)

4.2 (4.0–4.7)

3.0 (2.9–3.2)

3.0 (2.9–3.1)

4.9 (4.4–5.3)

4.9 (4.7–5.3)

–

4.0 (3.0–4.9)

Mean age at baseline (SD)

73.5 (6.2)

73.6 (6.6)

74.1 (6.8)

73.2 (6.7)

71.1 (5.8)

73.4 (6.0)

73.5 (6.3)

72.4 (5.3)

71.0 (5.1)

–

72.9 (6.2)

Female sex (%)

1074 (64.6 %)

784 (68.7 %)

545 (65.7 %)

213 (53.4 %)

742 (64.3 %)

453 (65.8 %)

412 (62.0 %)

395 (58.9 %)

397 (56.9 %)

–

5015 (63.4 %)

Did not complete primary education (%)

356 (21.4 %)

797 (69.9 %)

69 (8.4 %)

153 (38.9 %)

302 (26.3 %)

379 (55.3 %)

549 (82.6 %)

226 (33.7 %)

467 (66.9 %)

–

3298 (41.8 %)

Fried frailty model

258 (15.5 %)

347 (30.3 %)

185 (22.3 %)

58 (14.5 %)

89 (7.7 %)

57 (8.3 %)

37 (5.6 %)

5 (0.7 %)

33 (4.7 %)

–

1069 (13.5 %)

Multidimensional frailty model

397 (23.9 %)

457 (39.9 %)

181 (21.8 %)

84 (21.1 %)

182 (15.8 %)

121 (17.6 %)

221 (33.3 %)

23 (3.4 %)

115 (16.5 %)

–

1781 (22.5 %)