Table 4

ORs with 95% CIs for associations between incidence of prefrailty and frailty with vision impairment in English men and women aged 60 years and over in 2004 followed-up for 4 years to 2008

Good visionPoor vision
No prevalent frailty at baselinen=1303n=93
Prefrail or frail at follow-up, n (%)324 (25)43 (46)
Models for adjustmentOROR (95% CI)
 Age-adjusted and sex-adjusted1.002.07 (1.32–3.24)
 Multi-adjusted*1.001.86 (1.17–2.95)
Prefrail at baselinen=1010n=168
Frail at follow-up, n (%)107 (11)26 (16)
Models for adjustmentOROR (95% CI)
 Age-adjusted and sex-adjusted1.001.34 (0.82–2.19)
  • *Multi-adjusted=adjusted for age, sex, wealth, education, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, falls, cognition, depression.