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Table 1 Baseline characteristics in nonagenarian patients hospitalized for acute infectious diseases

From: Functional impairment and serum albumin predict in-hospital mortality in nonagenarians with acute infection: a retrospective cohort study

 

Total

(n = 162)

Died group

(n = 46)

Discharged group

(n = 116)

χ2/Z

P value

Age [years, M (IQR)]

92.0 (91.0,95.0)

93.0 (92.0,95.0)

92.0 (91.0,94.0)

−2.598

0.009

Male (%)

118 (72.8)

36 (78.3)

82 (70.7)

0.954

0.329

LOS [days, M (IQR)]

27.0 (14.0,45.3)

33.5 (12.0, 71.3)

25 (14.3, 38.0)

−1.750

0.080

MD (%)

43 (26.5)

19 (41.3)

24 (20.7)

7.179

0.007

AF (%)

52 (32.1)

21 (45.7)

31 (26.7)

5.414

0.020

HT (%)

127 (78.4)

33 (71.7)

94 (81.0)

1.680

0.195

OMI (%)

24 (14.8)

9 (19.6)

15 (12.9)

1.149

0.284

DM/IGT (%)

80 (49.4)

20 (43.5)

60 (51.7)

0.896

0.344

COPD (%)

66 (40.7)

15 (32.6)

51 (44.0)

1.760

0.185

CKD (%)

41 (25.3)

14 (30.4)

27 (23.3)

0.893

0.345

CVD (%)

51 (31.5)

15 (32.6)

36 (31.0)

0.038

0.846

Dementia (%)

35 (21.6)

12 (26.1)

23 (19.8)

0.762

0.383

TD (%)

19 (11.7)

5 (10.9)

14 (12.1)

0.046

0.831

Anxiety/Depression (%)

24 (14.8)

7 (15.2)

17 (14.7)

0.008

0.928

PU (%)

15 (9.3)

6 (13.0)

9 (7.8)

1.095

0.295

Multimorbidity (%)

144 (88.9)

41 (89.1)

103 (88.8)

0.004

0.951

Antibiotic use (%)a

156 (96.3)

45 (97.8)

111 (95.7)

0.422

0.516

  1. M median; IQR interquartile range; LOS (length of hospital stay); MD malignant disease; AF atrial fibrillation; HT hypertension; OMI old myocardial infarction; DM/IGT diabetes or impaired glucose tolerance; COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD chronic kidney disease 3b or worse; CVD cerebrovascular disease; TD thyroid dysfunction; PU peptic ulcers
  2. a: analyzed by Fisher’s Exact Test