Descriptive statistics for the SHARE-FI75+ variables (by gender)
| Women (N=4001) | Men (N=3057) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N with measurement available | Descriptive statistic | Per cent missing | N with measurement available | Descriptive statistic | Per cent missing | |
| Fatigue (%) | 3841 | 49.4 | 4.0 | 2971 | 38.8 | 2.8 |
| Low appetite (%) | 3862 | 16.4 | 3.5 | 2987 | 11.9 | 2.3 |
| Weakness (%) | 3980 | 60.7 | 0.5 | 3044 | 38.6 | 0.4 |
| Respondent status for the walk test | ||||||
| Unaided (%) | 3515 | 70.6 | 12.1 | 2668 | 77.7 | 12.7 |
| Aided (%) | 17.8 | 11.4 | ||||
| Chair/bedbound (%) | 4.3 | 3.3 | ||||
| Not observed (%) | 7.3 | 7.5 | ||||
| Walking speed, seconds: mean (SD) | 2019 | 5.0 (3.9) | 49.5 | 1707 | 4.4 (3.8) | 44.2 |
| Low physical activity | ||||||
| More than weekly (%) | 3861 | 47.5 | 3.5 | 3006 | 58.9 | 1.7 |
| Once weekly (%) | 12.9 | 11.6 | ||||
| 1–3 monthly (%) | 6.9 | 6.5 | ||||
| Hardly ever/never (%) | 32.8 | 23 | ||||
SHARE-FI, the Frailty Instrument for Primary Care of the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe