Table 5 Frailty (CFS 5-9) by Province

N

150

149

106

31

570

 Age, mean (SD)

78.5 (8.4)

84.7 (8.0)

79.9 (7.9)

83.6 (9.6)

80.2 (8.7)

< 0.001†

 Male, N (%)

43 (28.7)

60 (40.3)

47 (44.3)

9 (29.0)

189 (33.2)

0.043*

 Missing Frailty Risk Factors

8 (5.3)

8 (5.4)

4 (3.8)

2 (6.5)

30 (5.3)

0.968*

 Hypertension, N (%)

114 (80.3)

119 (84.4)

82 (80.4)

26 (89.7)

419 (77.6)

0.264*

 Diabetes, N (%)

84 (59.2)

43 (30.5)

40 (39.2)

9 (31.0)

198 (36.7)

< 0.001*

 Dementia, N (%)

33 (23.2)

46 (32.6)

26 (25.5)

9 (31.0)

124 (23.0)

0.172*

 Depression, N (%)

56 (39.4)

43 (30.5)

14 (13.7)

12 (41.4)

191 (35.4)

< 0.001*

 Osteoarthritis, N (%)

71 (50.0)

45 (31.9)

90 (88.2)

8 (27.6)

225 (41.7)

< 0.001*

 Epilepsy, N (%)

3 (2.1)

14 (9.9)

1 (1.0)

0 (0.0)

6 (1.1)

< 0.001*

 BMI, mean (SD)

30.8 (7.8)

26.7 (4.4)

30.3 (6.9)

29.2 (9.5)

29.3 (6.8)

0.006†

 Number of Medications (mean (SD))

12.8 (8.4)

6.8 (4.5)

3.9 (4.6)

7.2 (4.5)

12.2 (7.1)

< 0.001†

 Number of Encounters in the Last Year (mean (SD))

8.1 (5.7)

11.0 (8.0)

10.8 (8.3)

2.9 (2.4)

8.2 (6.4)

< 0.001†