Characteristic | Not Frail (CFS 1-4), N (%) | Frail (CFS 5-9), N (%) | P-value |
---|---|---|---|
N (%) | 4460 (81.6) | 1006 (18.4) | Â |
Categorization by Province | |||
 British Columbia | 988 (86.9) | 149 (13.1) | < 0.001* |
 Alberta | 708 (82.5) | 150 (17.5) | |
 Manitoba | 779 (88.0) | 106 (12.0) | |
 Ontario | 1745 (75.4) | 570 (24.6) | |
 Nova Scotia | 240 (91.6) | 31 (11.4) | |
Demographics | |||
 Age, mean (SD) | 73.64 (6.6) | 80.67 (8.7) | < 0.001†|
 Male | 2077 (46.6) | 348 (34.6) | < 0.001* |
Frailty Risk Factors | |||
 Missing Frailty Risk Factors | 680 (15.2) | 52 (5.2) | <  0.001* |
 Hypertension | 2854 (75.5) | 760 (79.7) | 0.008* |
 Diabetes | 1492 (39.5) | 374 (39.2) | 0.909* |
 Dementia | 211 (5.6) | 238 (24.9) | < 0.001* |
 Depression | 839 (22.2) | 316 (33.1) | < 0.001* |
 Osteoarthritis | 1748 (46.2) | 439 (46.0) | 0.929* |
 Epilepsy | 70 (1.9) | 24 (2.5) | 0.237* |
 BMI, mean (SD) | 29.47 (6.4) | 29.46 (6.9) | 0.975†|
 Number of Medications (mean (SD)) | 6.84 (5.4) | 10.48 (7.4) | < 0.001†|
 Number of Encounters in the Last Year (mean (SD)) | 6.60 (5.8) | 8.71 (6.9) | < 0.001†|