All | Men | Women | ‘Prefrail’* individuals | ‘Frail’* individuals | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) |
Low physical activity | 1355 (18.8) | 589 (17.5) | 766 (20.0) | 1161 (51.5) | 194 (77.0) |
Weakness of grip | 1001 (12.5) | 192 (5.3) | 809 (18.6) | 730 (28.8) | 271 (87.1) |
Unintentional weight loss | 753 (9.4) | 327 (8.9) | 426 (9.7) | 605 (23.7) | 148 (47.7) |
Slow walking speed | 536 (6.6) | 233 (6.3) | 303 (6.9) | 278 (10.9) | 258 (82.4) |
Exhaustion | 526 (6.5) | 194 (5.3) | 332 (7.6) | 333 (13.1) | 193 (61.7) |
Number of frailty symptoms: | |||||
None | 5222 (64.5) | 2597 (70.4) | 2625 (59.6) | ||
1–2 symptoms (‘prefrail’) | 2560 (31.6) | 993 (26.9) | 1567 (35.5) | ||
≥3 symptoms (‘frail’) | 313 (3.9) | 99 (2.7) | 214 (4.9) |
*‘Prefrail’, 1–2 symptoms; ‘frail’, 3–5 symptoms.