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Table 1 Patients’ characteristics

From: Nonagenarians admission and prognosis in a tertiary center intensive coronary care unit – a prospective study

Clinical Variables

All patients

(n = 3807)

Nonagenarians

(n = 178) (4.7%)

Younger patients

(n = 3629) (95.3%)

P-Value

Age in years (mean ± SD)

66.9 ± 16

92.5 ± 2.5

66 ± 15

< 0.001

Female sex – no. (%)

1171 (30.7%)

93 (52.2%)

1078 (29.7%)

< 0.001

BMI mean (SD)

-

25.6 (5.77)

28 (5.35)

< 0.001

Cr mean (SD)

-

1.30 (0.753)

1.31 (3.89)

1

Hypertension

2310 (60.6%)

146 (82%)

2164 (59.6%)

< 0.001

DM

1399 (36.7%)

37 (20.8%)

1362 (37.5%)

< 0.001

Hyperlipidemia

1980 (52%)

88 (49.4%)

1892 (52.1%)

0.531

Smoking

1018 (27%)

2 (1%)

1016 (28%)

< 0.001

Prior CAD

1162 (30.5%)

60 (33.7%)

1102 (30.4%)

0.389

Prior CABG

240 (6.3%)

7 (3.9%)

233 (6.4%)

0.238

CVA

279 (7.3%)

21 (11.8%)

258 (7.1%)

0.028

PAD

166 (4.3%)

7 (3.9%)

159 (4.4%)

0.922

CHF or CMP

625 (16.4%)

52 (29.2%)

573 (15.8%)

< 0.001

EF % mean (SD)

-

53.5 (12.7)

50.9 (14.1)

0.01

COPD

309 (7.8%)

7 (3.9%)

302 (8.3%)

0.05

Atrial fibrillation

575 (15%)

54 (30.3%)

521 (14.4%)

< 0.001

Anemia

200 (5%)

16 (9%)

184 (5.1%)

0.0344

CKD

509 (13%)

41 (23%)

468 (12.9%)

< 0.001

Cognitive Decline

129 (3.3%)

20 (11.2%)

109 (3%)

< 0.001

Debilitated*

136 (3.5%)

28 (15.7%)

108 (3%)

< 0.001

Albumin g\dL (SD)

-

3.45 (0.536)

3.72 (1.217)

< 0.001

  1. BMI = Body mass index; Cr = Creatinine; GFR = Glomerular filtration rate; DM = Diabetes mellitus; CAD = coronary artery disease; CABG = Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; CVA = Cerebrovascular accident; PAD = Peripheral artery disease; CHF = Congestive heart failure; CMP = Cardiomyopathy; EF = Ejection fraction; COPD = Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; HTN = Hypertension; CKD = chronic kidney disease. * Patients were defined as debilitated if they had at least one impairment in physical activities of daily living such as walking or eating