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Table 2 Clinical characteristics of the study population

From: Determinants of short and long term functional recovery after hospitalization for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: role of inflammatory markers

Symptoms, n (%)

   
 

Favorable outcome (n = 239)

Unfavorable outcome (n = 62)

P value

   Cough

153 (64)

37 (60)

0.6

   Dyspnea

160 (67)

43 (69)

0.8

   Chest pain

29 (12)

10 (16)

0.5

PSI score, mean ± SD

93.5 ± 27.7

104.3 ± 32.2

0.02

PSI Classes, n (%)

  

0.1

   Class II

47 (20)

10 (16)

 

   Class III

69 (29)

10 (16)

 

   Class IV

92 (38)

30 (49)

 

   Class V

31 (13)

12 (19)

 

Chest radiographs, n (%)

   

   Multilobar disease

45 (19)

16 (26)

0.3

   Bilateral disease

35 (15)

11 (18)

0.7

   Pleural effusion

20 (8)

9 (15)

0.2

Inflammatory markers*

   

   TNF-α, pg/ml

23.5 (15.4–31.3)

25.9 (16.9–3.8)

0.3

   CRP, mg/L

101.4 (64.4–124.3)

113.2 (77.8–140.1)

0.1

  1. *Expressed as median with interquartile range