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Table 1 Characteristics of AD and non-AD cohorts with incident hip fracture

From: Length of hospital stay after hip fracture and readmission rates of persons with and without Alzheimer’s disease: a matched cohort study

Characteristics

AD Cohort

(n = 6266)

Non-AD Cohort

(n = 6266)

P-Value

Age at hip fracture, mean ± SD

84.6 ± 5.7

84.6 ± 5.7

Matched 1.00

Sex

  

Matched 1.00

 

Female, n (%)

4815 (76.8%)

4815 (76.8%)

··

 

Male, n (%)

1451 (23.2%)

1451 (23.2%)

··

University Hospital District

  

0.29

 

Helsinki, n (%)

1817 (29.0%)

1791 (28.6%)

··

 

Kuopio, n (%)

1230 (19.6%)

1195 (19.1%)

··

 

Oulu, n (%)

882 (14.1%)

839 (13.4%)

··

 

Tampere, n (%)

1354 (21.6%)

1381 (22.0%)

··

 

Turku, n (%)

983 (15.7%)

1060 (16.9%)

··

Year of hip fracture

  

0.99

 

2005, n (%)

67 (1.1%)

73 (1.2%)

··

 

2006, n (%)

242 (3.9%)

235 (3.8%)

··

 

2007, n (%)

357 (5.7%)

358 (5.7%)

··

 

2008, n (%)

562 (9.0%)

563 (9.0%)

··

 

2009, n (%)

603 (9.6%)

606 (9.7%)

··

 

2010, n (%)

769 (12.3%)

787 (12.6%)

··

 

2011, n (%)

895 (14.3%)

869 (13.9%)

··

 

2012, n (%)

904 (14.4%)

894 (14.3%)

··

 

2013, n (%)

788 (12.6%)

783 (12.5%)

··

 

2014, n (%)

592 (9.4%)

595 (9.5%)

··

 

2015, n (%)

487 (7.8%)

503 (8.0%)

··

Median acute care hospital stay, days (IQR)

4 (3–7)

5 (3–7)

0.001

Discharged to community hospital, n (%)

5486 (87.6%)

5483 (87.5%)

0.93

Median community hospital stay, days (IQR) a

35(16–84)

29 (15–65)

< 0.001

Median total hospital stay, median (IQR)

34 (15–81)

29 (15–63)

< 0.001

Readmission within 30-days, n (%)

672 (10.7%)

836 (13.3%)

< 0.001

Readmission within 90-days, n (%)

1059 (16.9%)

1300 (20.7%)

< 0.001

Died within 30-days, n (%)

246 (3.9%)

200 (3.2%)

0.03

Died within 90-days, n (%)

705 (11.3%)

478 (7.6%)

< 0.001

Diabetes, n (%)

737 (11.8%)

774 (12.4%)

0.32

Stroke, n (%)

546 (8.7%)

646 (10.3%)

0.003

CVD, n (%)

3018 (48.2%)

3152 (50.3%)

0.017

Mental disorders, n (%)

1464 (23.4%)

801 (12.8%)

< 0.001

Asthma/COPD, n (%)

539 (8.6%)

573 (9.1%)

0.28

Epilepsy, n (%)

165 (2.6%)

135 (2.2%)

0.09

Highest occupational social class

  

0.005

 

Managerial/ Professional, n (%)

1170 (18.7%)

1135 (18.1%)

··

 

Office worker, n (%)

608 (9.7%)

595 (9.5%)

··

 

Farming/ forestry, n (%)

1113 (17.8%)

1258 (20.1%)

··

 

Sales/industry/ cleaning, n (%)

2648 (42.3%)

2503 (39.9%)

··

 

Unknown, n (%)

671 (10.7%)

701 (11.2%)

··

 

Did not respond, n (%)

56 (0.9%)

74 (1.2%)

··

Median duration of AD diagnosis, years (IQR)

2.8 (1.3–4.4)

NA

NA

Required level of assistance at discharge

  

< 0.001

 

Nearly independent, n (%)

143 (2.3%)

325 (5.2%)

··

 

Intermittent need, n (%)

802 (12.8%)

1142 (18.2%)

··

 

Recurrent need, n (%)

2708 (43.2%)

2795 (44.6%)

··

 

Nearly continuous, n (%)

1387 (22.1%)

1033 (16.5%)

··

 

Continuous, n (%)

946 (15.1%)

708 (11.3%)

··

 

Missing data, n (%)

280 (4.5%)

263 (4.2%)

··

  1. AD Alzheimer’s Disease; SD Standard Deviation; IQR Interquartile Range; NA Not Applicable; CVD Cardiovascular Disease; COPD Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
  2. aonly those discharged to a community hospital