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Table 2 Characteristics of included studies

From: Predicting ADL disability in community-dwelling elderly people using physical frailty indicators: a systematic review

1st Author (year)

Follow Up

Sample size & Participant characteristics

Physical frailty indicators measured in study*

Quality

(0-27)

   

W

E

G

M

P

B

O

 

Gill et al. (1995) [35]

1 year

563 participants (74% women) with a mean age of 79.1 (SD 4.7)

  

X

  

X

X

22

Guralnik et al. (1995) [20]

4 years

1122 men and women aged 71 years and older

      

X

25

Sonn et al. (1995) [37]

6 years

371 men and women aged 70

  

X

X

   

21

Tinetti et al. (1995) [44]

1 year

927 participants (73% women) with a mean age of 79.9 (SD 5.2)

  

X

  

X

 

22

Gill et al. (1996) [36]

3 years

775 participants (74% women) with a mean age of 79.1 (SD 5.0)

      

X

24

Ostir et al. (1998) [18]

2 years

1365 participants (53% women) with a mean age of 73.3

  

X

  

X

X

22

Giampaoli et al. (1999) [33]

4 years

140 men aged 71 to 91

   

X

   

20

Wu et al. (1999) [40]

3 years

1321 participants (49% women) 44.4% aged 65-69 and 10.9% aged 80 or older

    

X

  

22

Guralnik et al. (2000) [19]

6 years

6534 participants aged 65 years and older

  

X

   

X

22

Ishizaki et al. (2000) [30]

3 years

583 participants (56% women) with a mean age of 70.9 (SD 4.9)

   

X

   

23

Lee (2000) [38]

7 years

7527 men and women aged 70 years and older

    

X

  

20

Sarkisian et al. (2000) [39]

4 years

6632 women with a mean age of 73.0 (4.9)

  

X

X

X

  

21

Shinkai et al. (2000) [29]

6 years

736 men and women aged 65 and older

  

X

X

 

X

 

24

Stessman et al. (2002) [27]

7 years

287 participants (51% women) aged 70 years at baseline.

    

X

  

20

Wang et al. (2002) [45]

3.4 years

2578 participants (59% women) aged 65 years and older

    

X

  

21

Shinkai et al. (2003) [28]

6 years

601 participants (56.1% women) with a mean age of 70.9 (SD 4.9)

  

X

X

 

X

 

22

Al Snih et al. (2004) [22]

7 years

2493 participants (58% women) with a mean age of 72

   

X

   

24

Gill et al. (2004) [25]

3 years

754 participants (65% women) aged 70 years or older

  

X

    

24

Al Snih et al. (2005) [21]

7 years

1737 Mexican- American participants (58% women) aged 65 and older

X

      

23

van den Brink et al. (2005) [34]

10 years

560 men aged 70 to 89 years

    

X

  

26

Onder et al. (2005) [42]

3 years

884 women (72% white) with a mean age of 78.7 (SD 8.0)

  

X

X

 

X

X

23

Jacobs et al. (2008) [26]

7 years

343 men and women aged 70 years.

    

X

  

22

Ritchie et al. (2008) [43]

4 years

983 men and women with a mean age of 75.30 (SD 6.72)

X

      

22

Rosano et al. (2008) [31]

8.4 years

3156 participants (57% women, 71% white) with a mean age of 74.0 (SD 4.6)

  

X

    

23

Rothman et al. (2008) [23]

8 years

754 men and women with a mean age of 78.4 (SD 5.3)

X

X

X

X

X

  

22

Gill et al. (2009) [24]

9 years

722 participants (65.2% women) with a mean age of 78.4 (SD 5.2)

   

X

  

X

25

Arnold et al. (2010) [32]

14 years

3278 participants (61% women, 83% white) with a mean age of 80

X

      

23

Balzi et al. (2010) [41]

3 years

897 Italian men and women, aged 65 to 102

    

X

 

X

21

Total number of studies per indicator

4

1

12

10

9

6

8

 
  1. * W: Weight loss, E: Exhaustion, G: Gait speed, M: Muscle strength, P: Physical activity, B: Balance, and O: Other indicators.