Research Article
[Retracted] Frailty’s Prevalence and the Association with Aging-Related Health Conditions in Chinese Community Dwelling Elderly
Table 1
The influence of demographic characteristics on frailty in the elderly in the community (n = 1,072).
| Variables | Stratification | Degree of frailty | 2 | | Robust | Prefrail | Frail |
| Sex | | | | | 11.158 | 0.004 | Male | 135 | 297 | 56 | | | Female | 195 | 297 | 92 | | |
| Age (years) | | | | | 140.387 | <0.001 | 60∼69 | 220 | 103 | 7 | | | 70∼79 | 297 | 273 | 24 | | | ≥80 | 32 | 82 | 34 | | |
| Marital status | | | | | 13.999 | 0.001 | Married | 305 | 540 | 121 | | | Unmarried | 1 | 1 | 0 | | | Divorce | 2 | 4 | 1 | | | Widowed | 22 | 48 | 26 | | | Others | 0 | 1 | 0 | | |
| Education | | | | | 9.589 | 0.008 | Illiterate | 33 | 68 | 36 | | | Elementary | 51 | 112 | 40 | | | Middle | 146 | 238 | 46 | | | High | 81 | 46 | 18 | | | College | 19 | 18 | 8 | | |
| Residence Status | | | | | 3.162 | 0.206 | Solitude | 20 | 60 | 45 | | | With spouse | 265 | 459 | 75 | | | With family | 45 | 103 | 27 | | |
| Occupation | | | | | 6.040 | 0.049 | Civil servant | 4 | 5 | 2 | | | Teacher | 2 | 9 | 2 | | | Soldier | 1 | 2 | 0 | | | Institution staff | 37 | 56 | 17 | | | Enterprise staff | 242 | 424 | 94 | | | Farmer | 14 | 29 | 10 | | | Business | 3 | 15 | 2 | | | No occupation | 27 | 54 | 21 | | |
|
|