Table 1 Baseline characteristics for all patients, patients with incident delirium and patients remaining free of delirium
From: Environmental factors and risk of delirium in geriatric patients: an observational study
|  | All (254) Mean; SD | Incident delirium (n = 49) Mean; SD | No delirium (n = 205) Mean; SD | p-valuesa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 86.1; 5.2 | 86.9; 5.0 | 85.8; 5.2 | 0.20 |
Body Mass Index | 24.2; 4.3 | 23.4; 3.6 | 24.4; 4.4 | 0.12 |
GDSb (1–7) | 3.4; 1.7 | 4.3; 1.3 | 3.2: 1.7 | < 0.001 |
CIRSc (0–56) | 12.9; 4.4 | 14.3; 4.6 | 12.6; 4.3 | 0.020 |
APACHE (0–71) | 8.9; 2.7 | 9.3; 2.7 | 8.8; 2.7 | 0.30 |
Barthel Index (0–20) | 16.3; 3.6 | 14.9; 4.0 | 16.7; 3.4 | 0.002 |
SPPBd (0–12) | 4.0; 3.0 | 2.5; 2.6 | 4.3; 3.1 | < 0.001 |
Female | 151 (59.4%) | 23 (46.9%) | 128 (62.4%) | 0.049 |
Home-dwelling | 246 (96.9%) | 46 (93.9%) | 200 (97.6%) | 0.19 |
Dementia (GDS > 4) | 133 (52.4%) | 38 (77.6%) | 95 (46.3%) | < 0.001 |