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Table 4 Subgroup analysis– impact of frailty on mortality in benign disease and those with malignant diagnoses

From: The association between frailty and survival in patients with pleural disease: a retrospective cohort study

Characteristic

Crude HR (95% CI)

p value

Adjusted HR (95% CI)

p value

Frailty

Not frail (mFI ≤ 0.2)

Reference

Frail (mFI ≥ 0.4)

4.65 (2.53–8.57)

< 0.0001

4.36 (2.17–8.77)

< 0.0001

Malignant diagnosis irrespective of frailty status

12.04 (7.01–20.68)

< 0.0001

10.40 (6.01–18.01)

< 0.0001