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Table 4 Frequency of complexes and subgroups of physical diagnoses by dementia and increasing severity of dementia

From: Physical diagnoses in nursing home residents - is dementia or severity of dementia of importance?

Physical diagnoses

N (%)

Total

CDR < 1

CDR ≥ 1

P-value

CDR 1

CDR 2

CDR 3

P-value

2983 (100)

513 (17.2)

2470 (82.8)

543 (22.0)

835 (33.8)

1092 (44.2)

Cardiovascular diagnoses

N (%)

1798 (60.3)

343 (66.9)

1455 (58.9)

0.0011

366 (67.4)

521 (62.4)

568 (52.0)

< 0.0011

 Hypertension (I10–15)

N (%)

662 (22.2)

121 (23.6)

541 (21.9)

0.3151

126 (23.2)

206 (24.7)

209 (19.1)

0.0301

 Cerebrovascular disease (I60–69)

N (%)

642 (21.5)

130 (25.3)

512 (20.7)

0.0262

139 (25.6)

179 (21.4)

194 (17.8)

0.0012

 Ischemic heart disease (I20–25)

N (%)

466 (15.6)

93 (18.1)

373 (15.1)

0.0992

95 (17.5)

137 (16.4)

141 (12.9)

0.0112

 Arrhythmia (I44–49)

N (%)

404 (13.5)

82 (16.0)

322 (13.0)

0.0842

83 (15.3)

111 (13.3)

128 (11.7)

0.0492

 Heart failure (I50)

N (%)

389 (13.0)

93 (18.1)

296 (12.0)

< 0.0012

88 (16.2)

92 (11.0)

116 (10.6)

0.0052

Musculoskeletal diagnoses

N (%)

707 (23.7)

153 (29.8)

554 (22.4)

0.0011

126 (23.2)

201 (24.1)

227 (20.8)

0.2741

 Osteoporosis (M80–81)

N (%)

265 (8.9)

57 (11.1)

208 (8.4)

0.0771

43 (7.9)

80 (9.6)

85 (7.8)

0.8921

 Arthrosis (M15–19)

N (%)

237 (7.9)

45 (8.8)

192 (7.8)

0.5571

43 (7.9)

62 (7.4)

87 (8.0)

0.8151

 Inflammatory joint disease (M05–14)

N (%)

137 (4.6)

35 (6.8)

102 (4.1)

0.0112

26 (4.8)

38 (4.6)

38 (3.5)

0.1812

Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diagnoses

N (%)

662 (22.2)

112 (21.8)

550 (22.3)

0.8382

124 (22.8)

187 (22.4)

239 (21.9)

0.6612

 Diabetes (E10–14)

N (%)

455 (15.3)

83 (16.2)

372 (15.1)

0.5302

86 (15.8)

130 (15.6)

156 (14.3)

0.3802

 Disorders of the thyroid gland (E00–07)

N (%)

195 (6.5)

30 (5.8)

165 (6.7)

0.4942

43 (7.9)

51 (6.1)

71 (6.5)

0.3802

Neurological diagnoses

N (%)

464 (15.6)

92 (17.9)

372 (15.1)

0.1092

89 (16.4)

108 (12.9)

175 (16.0)

0.8102

 Parkinson (G20)

N (%)

137 (4.6)

32 (6.2)

105 (4.3)

0.0571

25 (4.6)

30 (3.6)

50 (4.6)

0.8451

 Transient ischemic attack (TIA) (G45.9)

N (%)

119 (4.0)

16 (3.1)

103 (4.2)

0.2531

16 (2.9)

36 (4.3)

51 (4.7)

0.1071

Respiratory diagnoses

N (%)

271 (9.1)

66 (12.9)

205 (8.3)

0.0022

57 (10.5)

77 (9.2)

71 (6.5)

0.0062

 Asthma/COPD (J40–47)

N (%)

242 (8.1)

60 (11.7)

182 (7.4)

0.0022

46 (8.5)

70 (8.4)

66 (6.0)

0.0542

Genitourinal diagnoses

N (%)

267 (9.0)

52 (10.1)

215 (8.7)

0.3122

42 (7.7)

66 (7.9)

107 (9.8)

0.1232

 Renal failure (N17–19)

N (%)

95 (3.2)

23 (4.5)

72 (2.9)

0.0782

18 (3.3)

24 (2.9)

30 (2.7)

0.5522

Malign neoplasms

N (%)

249 (8.3)

62 (12.1)

187 (7.6)

0.0011

42 (7.7)

70 (8.4)

75 (6.9)

0.4061

 Malignant neoplasm of breast (C50)

N (%)

54 (1.8)

9 (1.8)

45 (1.8)

0.9201

10 (1.8)

15 (1.8)

20 (1.8)

0.9991

Gastrointestinal diagnoses

N (%)

230 (7.7)

36 (7.0)

194 (7.9)

0.3791

52 (9.6)

67 (8.0)

75 (6.9)

0.0681

 Ulcer (oesophagus, stomach and duodenum) (K25–28)

N (%)

65 (2.2)

10 (1.9)

55 (2.2)

0.7162

10 (1.8)

21 (2.5)

24 (2.2)

0.7812

Other

 Fracture of the femur (S72)

N (%)

261 (8.7)

49 (9.6)

212 (8.6)

0.8331

54 (9.9)

65 (7.8)

93 (8.5)

0.6511

 Cataract (H25–26)

N (%)

138 (4.6)

32 (6.2)

106 (4.3)

0.0652

19 (3.5)

35 (4.2)

52 (4.8)

0.2382

 Glaucoma (H40–42)

N (%)

101 (3.4)

11 (2.1)

90 (3.6)

0.1002

25 (4.6)

21 (2.5)

44 (4.0)

0.8902

  1. CDR Clinical Dementia Rating, COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  2. 1Adjusted for NH-level
  3. 2Adjusted for intra-patient correlation