Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the groups studied.
From: Health status in older hospitalized patients with cancer or non-neoplastic chronic diseases
CHF N = 842 | Diabetes N = 939 | COPD N = 399 | Solid tumors N = 813 | Leukemia/Lymphoma N = 326 | Metastasis from solid tumors N = 259 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age, yrs | 0.001 | ||||||
<65 | 8.4 | 29.9 | 16.3 | 20.9 | 27.3 | 30.1 | |
65–79 | 45.2 | 45.8 | 44.6 | 46.4 | 46.0 | 41.7 | |
80+ | 46.3 | 24.3 | 39.1 | 32.7 | 26.7 | 28.2 | |
Gender (males) | 46.0 | 45.2 | 63.2 | 67.7 | 51.2 | 61.4 | 0.001 |
No of diagnoses>4 | 35.3 | 48.3 | 17.0 | 29.8 | 37.7 | 35.1 | 0.001 |
Length of stay>14 days | 33.1 | 36.1 | 30.1 | 35.8 | 41.4 | 40.5 | 0.01 |
ADR during stay | 12.1 | 10.4 | 6.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 10.4 | 0.002 |
Drugs during stay | |||||||
NSAIDs | 3.6 | 10.5 | 4.8 | 13.7 | 15.6 | 28.6 | 0.001 |
Analgesics | 0.2 | 8.0 | 1.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 6.9 | 0.001 |
More than 2 hospitalization in the last year | 9.4 | 8.7 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 19.0 | 15.1 | 0.001 |