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Table 3 Association of frailty with short- and long-term outcomes

From: The impact of frailty on functional recovery after cardiac surgery—a case control study

Outcome measure

Frailty index ≥ 0.21

Frailty index < 0.21

p

Test

ITU LOS (days)

4.92 (7.82)

3.45 (4.63)

0.005

a

Level 3 (days)

3.56 (6.51)

2.43 (3.69)

0.029

a

Level 2 care (days)

2.31 (2.6)

2.0 (2.56)

NS

 

LOS hospital (days)

13.3 (14.3)

8.82 (6.51)

 < 0.001

a

Level 3 care (days)

    

Cardiovascular

3.02 (4.04)

2.22 (2.97)

0.023

a

Respiratory

2.49 (5.78)

1.66 (3.43)

0.018

a

Renal

0.61 (4.54)

0.26 (1.93)

NS

a

Neurological

0.01 (0.20)

0.13 (0.58)

NS

a

30-day mortality

4/224 (1.8%)

10/445 (2.2%)

NS

c

1-year mortality

12/224 (5.4%)

20/445 (4.5%)

NS

c

DAOH30 (days)

17.2 (8.69)

20.3 (6.90)

p < 0.001

a

DAH365 (days)

335 (62.2)

340 (65.5)

p < 0.001

a

  1. Data is shown as duration of outcome measures—mean (SD), or proportions of individuals with the outcome (%). LOS length of stay
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Perioperative Medicine

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