Table 3 Population attributable fractions (PAF % with 95 % confidence intervals) for the independent contribution of frailty to the incidence of dependence, when operationalised as dichotomous categories, ordinal scales or individual indicators
| Â | Physical frailty criteria | Multidimensional frailty criteria | Individual indicators from both frailty paradigms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Dichotomous | Ordinal scale | Individual indicators | Dichotomous | Ordinal scale | Individual indicators | |
Cuba | 10.3 (2.9–17.2) | 27.0 (15.2–37.2) | 28.0 (16.4–38.1) | 23.5 (10.7–34.5) | 40.9 (26.7–52.3) | 43.5 (30.7–54.0) | 44.5 (31.8-54.9) |
Dominican Republic | 3.1 (0.0–8.6) | 3.3 (0.0–15.3) | 3.6 (0.0–8.3) | 7.6 (0.0–18.4) | 18.5 (0.0–34.9) | 22.1 (1.7–38.2) | 24.4 (4.1-40.4) |
Peru (urban) | 9.4 (0.0–20.1) | 11.1 (0.0–29.2) | 17.8 (0.0–39.4) | 31.0 (4.2–50.3) | 46.6 (15.6–66.3) | 58.3 (37.6–72.1) | 60.7 (43.2-72.8) |
Peru (rural) | 26.7 (2.3–45.2) | 43.4 (0.0–68.8) | 62.1 (0.0–86.7) | 22.9 (0.0–48.5) | 47.7 (0.0–73.7) | 49.9 (1.4–74.5) | 72.5 (1.5-92.3) |
Venezuela | 15.5 (3.9–25.7) | 30.8 (12.7–45.1) | 30.4 (10.1–46.1) | 21.5 (6.1–34.4) | 47.6 (30.5–60.5) | 49.0 (30.8–62.4) | 54.6 (35.7-68.0) |
Mexico (urban) | 5.9 (0.0–18.5) | 16.2 (0.0–40.0) | 24.8 (0.0–49.9) | 17.0 (0.0–35.2) | 31.6 (1.2–52.6) | 42.0 (9.0–63.1) | 42.8 (7.8-64.5) |
Mexico (rural) | 11.1 (0.0–23.3) | 13.0 (0.0–32.7) | 27.0 (0.0–47.0) | 7.0 (0.0–25.0) | 5.5 (0.0–36.0) | 15.2 (0.0–35.5) | 25.6 (0.0-46.7) |
China (urban) | 10.5 (0.0–33.2) | 24.6 (0.0–46.4) | 26.1 (0.0–47.5) | 14.4 (0.0–34.9) | 24.0 (0.0–46.4) | 28.0 (2.7–46.6) | 38.5 (11.4-57.3) |
China (rural) | Inverse association | Inverse association | 8.1 (0.0–43.8) | 13.0 (0.0–37.6) | 5.7 (0.0–43.3) | 16.6 (0.0–38.3) | 20.4 (0.0-58.7) |
Weighted mean | 9.5 | 18.6 | 23.2 | 18.0 | 31.3 | 36.9 | 41.8 |