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Table 1 Correlation analysis of comorbidity and mortality in more than 65-year-old patients, N = 6729 (match 1:4)

From: Leading Comorbidity associated with 30-day post-anesthetic mortality in geriatric surgical patients in Taiwan: a retrospective study from the health insurance data

Comorbidity

Non-Death

(N = 5823)

Death

(N = 1401)

P

n

%

n

%

Age(mean,sd)

76.72

7.08

78.08

7.41

<.0001

Sex(Male)

3563

66.87

855

61.03

<.0001

Ischemic heart disease

 Acute myocardial infarction

66

1.24

68

4.85

<.0001

 Coronary atherosclerosis of native coronary artery

661

12.41

251

17.92

<.0001

 Hypertension

1556

29.2

616

43.97

<.0001

Heart failure

 Heart failure

232

4.35

155

11.06

<.0001

 Cardiogenic shock

106

1.99

66

4.71

<.0001

Vascular disease

 Arterial embolism and thrombosis of lower extremity

39

0.73

26

1.86

0.0002

 Gangrene

106

1.99

66

4.71

<.0001

Respiratory disease

 Pneumonia, organism unspecified

339

6.36

165

11.78

<.0001

 Pneumonitis due to inhalation of food or vomitus

61

1.14

18

1.28

0.7694

 Empyema, without mention of fistula

13

0.24

9

0.64

0.0393

 Chronic bronchitis

471

8.84

162

11.56

0.0022

 Pleurisy, unspecified pleural effusion

27

0.51

12

0.86

0.1812

 Pulmonary insufficiency following trauma and surgery

263

4.94

88

6.28

0.0515

Disease of liver and biliary tract

 Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis

260

4.88

97

6.92

0.003

Disease of GI system

 Gastric ulcer, chronic or unspecified with hemorrhage

303

5.69

141

10.06

<.0001

 Acute vascular insufficiency of intestine

21

0.39

30

2.14

<.0001

 Intestinal or peritoneal adhesions with obstruction

133

2.5

52

3.71

0.0171

 Hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract

77

1.45

64

4.57

<.0001

 Gastric ulcer,chronic or unspecified with perforation

303

5.69

141

10.06

<.0001

 Duodenal ulcer, chronic or unspecified with perforation

164

3.08

93

6.64

<.0001

 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified, chronic or unspecified with perforation

482

9.05

181

12.92

<.0001

 Acute appendicitis, with generalized peritonitis

60

1.13

11

0.79

0.3348

 Peritonitis

9

0.17

20

1.43

<.0001

 Perforation of intestine

59

1.11

37

2.64

<.0001

Urinary disease

 Tuberculosis of ureter, tubercle bacilli found

52

0.98

48

3.43

<.0001

 Unspecified hypertensive renal disease with renal failure

58

1.09

27

1.93

0.0180

 Acute renal failure

50

0.94

28

2

0.0016

 Chronic renal failure

206

3.87

159

11.35

<.0001

 Hydronephrosis

31

0.58

9

0.64

0.9465

 Calculus of ureter

227

4.26

27

1.93

<.0001

 Urinary tract infection, site not specified

662

12.42

239

17.06

<.0001

 Hypertrophy (benign) of prostate

948

17.79

214

15.27

0.0293

 Endocrine disease

845

15.86

377

26.91

<.0001

Musculoskeletal disease

 Decubitus ulcer

94

1.76

50

3.57

<.0001

 Spinal stenosis, lumbar region

1091

20.48

329

23.48

0.0156

 Pathologic fracture of vertebrae

334

6.27

101

7.21

0.2253

 Fracture of intertrochanteric section of femur

388

7.28

157

11.21

<.0001

Infectious disease

 Unspecified septicemia

62

1.16

12

0.86

0.4026

 Necrotizing fasciitis

93

1.75

42

3

0.0041

 Bacteremia

41

0.77

12

0.86

0.8744

CVA or trauma

 Obstructive hydrocephalus

91

1.71

28

2

0.5349

 Other conditions of brain

16

0.3

9

0.64

0.1039

 Subarachnoid hemorrhage

16

0.3

25

1.78

<.0001

 Intracerebral hemorrhage

106

1.99

82

5.85

<.0001

 Subdural hemorrhage

70

1.31

14

1

0.4189

 Unspecified cerebral artery occlusion with cerebral infarction

382

7.17

170

12.13

<.0001

 Other shock without mention of trauma

106

1.99

66

4.71

<.0001

 Other and unspecified cerebral laceration

24

0.45

16

1.14

0.0051

 Subarachnoid hemorrhage following injury

128

2.4

84

6

<.0001

 Other and unspecified intracranial hemorrhage

20

0.38

13

0.93

0.0155

 Fracture of vault of skull, closed

6

0.11

6

0.43

0.0327

 Fracture of base of skull, closed

11

0.21

12

0.86

0.0006

Cancer

 Malignant neoplasm of tongue, unspecified

10

0.19

1

0.07

0.5570

 Malignant neoplasm of cheek mucosa

19

0.36

7

0.5

0.5989

 Malignant neoplasm of nasopharynx, unspecified

8

0.15

3

0.21

0.8761

 Malignant neoplasm of hypopharynx, unspecified

8

0.15

1

0.07

0.7588

 Malignant neoplasm of upper third of esophagus

12

0.23

9

0.64

0.0263

 Malignant neoplasm of pyloric antrum of stomach

66

1.24

29

2.07

0.0265

 Malignant neoplasm of sigmoid colon

175

3.28

52

3.71

0.4810

 Malignant neoplasm of recto sigmoid junction

125

2.35

33

2.36

1.0000

 Malignant neoplasm of liver, primary

59

1.11

43

3.07

<.0001

 Malignant neoplasm of head of pancreas

16

0.3

13

0.93

0.0031

 Malignant neoplasm of upper lobe, bronchus or lung

52

0.98

48

3.43

<.0001

 Malignant neoplasm of female breast, unspecified

47

0.88

5

0.36

0.0678

 Malignant neoplasm of cervix uteri, unspecified

29

0.54

4

0.29

0.3082

 Malignant neoplasm of ovary

2

0.04

3

0.21

0.1079

 Malignant neoplasm of prostate

103

1.93

23

1.64

0.5449

 Malignant neoplasm of bladder, part unspecified

131

2.46

33

2.36

0.9000

 Secondary and unspecified malignant neoplasm of lymph nodes of head, face

6

0.11

2

0.14

1.0000

 Secondary malignant neoplasm of lung

21

0.39

11

0.79

0.0940

 Secondary malignant neoplasm of skin

26

0.49

25

1.78

<.0001

Other diseases

 Encounter for chemotherapy

48

0.9

42

3

<.0001

 Mechanical complication of other vascular device, implant and graft

150

2.82

55

3.93

0.0390

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