From: Respiratory tract virus infections in the elderly with pneumonia
 | Respiratory Symptoms (n = 382) | ||
---|---|---|---|
Pneumonia (n = 112) | No Pneumonia (n = 270) | P-value | |
Gender (male/female) | 64/48 (57%/43%) | 114/156 (42%/58%) | 0.008 |
Age | 83 (7) | 83 (7) | 0.8 |
Weight | 65 (15) | 69 (17) | 0.05 |
Respiratory diseases | 41/109 (38%) | 90/262 (34%) | 0.5 |
 - Asthma/COPD | 32/109 (30%) | 76/262 (29%) | 0.9 |
 - Other lung disease | 11/109 (10%) | 29/262 (11%) | 0.9 |
Cardiovascular diseases | 80/109 (73%) | 202/262 (77%) | 0.4 |
 - Stroke/TIA | 10/109 (9.2%) | 42/262 (16%) | 0.08 |
 - Heart dysrythmia | 23/109 (21%) | 84/262 (32%) | 0.03 |
 - Myocardial infarction | 18/109 (17%) | 38/262 (15%) | 0.6 |
 - Heart failure | 24/109 (22%) | 69/262 (26%) | 0.4 |
 - Hypertension | 52/109 (48%) | 120/262 (46%) | 0.7 |
 - MCC | 34/108 (31%) | 87/261 (33%) | 0.7 |
Other diseases | 65/105 (62%) | 183/256 (71%) | 0.07 |
 - Dementia | 22/105 (21%) | 55/256 (21%) | 0.9 |
 - Depression | 5/105 (4.8%) | 20/256 (7.8%) | 0.3 |
 - Rheumatic disease | 25/105 (24%) | 72/256 (28%) | 0.4 |
 - Diapetes mellitus |  |  | 0.4 |
  - Type 1 | 0/105 (0%) | 2/256 (0.8%) |  |
  - Type 2 | 19/105 (23%) | 58/256 (18%) |  |
 - Cancer status |  |  | 0.2 |
  - Terminal | 2/105 (1.9%) | 9/256 (3.5%) |  |
  - Have been treated | 7/105 (6.7%) | 32/256 (13%) |  |
  - Under treatment | 6/105 (5.7%) | 20/256 (7.8%) |  |
Smoking | 20/81 (25%) | 31/192 (16%) | 0.1 |