Table 2:

Outcomes within 30 days after discharge, by frailty status

Outcome ≤ 30 d	Frail n = 162	Not frail n = 333	OR for frailty (95% CI)^*
Outcome ≤ 30 d	Frail n = 162	Not frail n = 333	Crude	Adjusted for age and sex	Adjusted for age, sex and LACE score^†
Readmission or death	39 (24.1)	46 (13.8)	1.98 (1.23–3.18)	2.01 (1.19–3.41)	1.52 (0.87–2.62)
Readmission	36 (22.2)	45 (13.5)	1.82 (1.13–2.97)	1.90 (1.11–3.26)	1.42 (0.81–2.49)
Death	7 (4.3)	6 (1.8)	2.46 (0.81–7.45)	2.18 (0.65–7.39)	1.33 (0.37–4.76)
Visit to emergency department	53 (32.7)	78 (23.4)	1.59 (1.05–2.41)	1.75 (1.10–2.76)	1.43 (0.68–2.30)

Note: CI = confidence interval, OR = odds ratio.
↵* All models showed nonsignificance on the Hosmer–Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test.
↵† See Table 1 for explanation of LACE Index.