Table 1

Patient Characteristics and association of Frailty

All (n=29)
n (%)
MinMax
Mean Age (years) 806692
Males22 (76)
EthnicityCaucasian22 (76)
Asian3 (10)
Afro-Caribbean2 (7)
Other2 (7)
Body Mass Index (kg/m2) mean. 251736
FVC % predicted mean. 9049146
TLCO % predicted mean. 461189
Oxygen saturations (%), At rest on room air, mean. 969298
On Oxygen3
AntifibroticsNot on Antifibrotics12 (41)
Nintedanib13 (45)
Pirfenidone4 (14)
Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) mean. 536
CFS scorefour or under 011
5 (mild frailty)8
6 (moderate frailty)10
7 + (severe frailty) 0
GAP score1–3 stage I10 (35)
4–5 stage II12 (41)
6–8 stage III5 (17)
Missing data2 (7)
  • Clinical Frailty Scale (CFS) Minimum 1, not frail; Maximum 9, most frail, terminally ill GAP score using (GAPscore). gender, age and physiology, comprising FVC % and DLCO % It identifies three stages of severity: a 1-year mortality risk of 6%, 16% and 39% respectively (Ley et al., (2012).