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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

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

  1. Data expressed as n (%) or mean (standard deviation)
  2. Two sample t-test, χ2 test and Fischer exact test (when counts < 5) were used
  3. Significant values are shown bold and italic
  4. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, TIA Transient ischemic attack, MCC Morbus coronarius cordis