From: Predictors of three-month mortality among hospitalized older adults in Togo
Total (N = 650) | < 60 years (N = 274) | ≥ 60 years (N = 376) | p-value | |
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Length of stay (days) | 0.085* | |||
Median (IQR) | 17 (8–32) | 20 (10–34) | 16 (8–32) | |
Type of hospitalization services, n(%) | 0.178** | |||
Medical | 494 (76.0) | 201 (73.4) | 293 (77.9) | |
Surgical | 156 (24.0) | 73 (26.6) | 83 (22.1) | |
Health pyramid level of hospital, n(%) | 0.739** | |||
Tertiary | 566 (87.1) | 240 (87.6) | 326 (86.7) | |
Secondary | 84 (12.9) | 34 (12.4) | 50 (13.3) | |
Comorbidities | ||||
Diabetes, n(%) | 124 (19.1) | 37 (13.5) | 87 (23.1) | 0.002** |
Hypertension, n(%) | 290 (44.6) | 105 (38.3) | 185 (49.2) | 0.006** |
Other cardiovascular diseases, n(%) | 87 (13.4) | 33 (12.0) | 54 (14.4) | 0.238** |
Osteoarthritis, n(%) | 51 (7.8) | 16 (5.8) | 35 (9.3) | 0.104** |
Other comorbidities, n(%) | 24 (3.7) | 6 (2.2) | 18 (4.8) | 0.511** |
Number of comorbidities, n(%) | < 0.001** | |||
0 | 262 (40.3) | 131 (47.8) | 131 (34.8) | |
1 | 254 (39.1) | 104 (38.0) | 150 (39.9) | |
≥ 2 | 134 (20.6) | 38 (14.2) | 95 (25.3) | |
Functional impairment, n(%) | 0.015** | |||
None | 506 (77.8) | 226 (82.5) | 280 (74.5) | |
Moderate/Severe | 144 (22.2) | 48 (17.5) | 96 (25.5) | |
Main diagnoses during hospitalization | ||||
Malnutrition, n(%) | 0.003** | |||
No | 26 (4.0) | 18 (6.4) | 8 (2.1) | |
Yes | 494 (76.0) | 204 (74.5) | 290 (77.1) | |
MD | 130 (20.0) | 52 (19.0) | 78 (20.8) | |
Depression, n(%) | 0.440** | |||
No | 233 (35.8) | 98 (35.8) | 135 (35.9) | |
Yes | 317 (48.8) | 145 (52.9) | 172 (45.7) | |
MD | 100 (15.4) | 31 (11.3) | 69 (18.4) | |
HIV, n(%) | 0.001** | |||
Negative | 539 (83.0) | 211 (77.0) | 328 (87.2) | |
Positive | 38 (5.8) | 26 (9.5) | 12 (3.2) | |
MD | 73 (11.2) | 37 (13.5) | 36 (9.6) | |
Other cardiovascular diseasesa, n(%) | 111 (17.1) | 41 (15.0) | 70 (18.6) | 0.222** |
Other infectionsb, n(%) | 91 (14.0) | 44 (16.1) | 47 (12.5) | 0.197** |
Stroke, n(%) | 81 (12.5) | 28 (10.2) | 53 (14.1) | 0.174** |
Malignant diseases, n(%) | 75 (11.5) | 29 (10.6) | 46 (12.2) | 0.516** |
Fractures and injuries, n(%) | 66 (10.2) | 40 (14.6) | 26 (6.9) | 0.001** |
Gastrointestinal diseases, n(%) | 53 (8.2) | 23 (8.4) | 30 (8.0) | 0.848** |
Renal diseases, n(%) | 49 (7.5) | 16 (5.8) | 33 (8.8) | 0.161** |
Diabetes mellitus, n(%) | 31 (4.8) | 6 (2.2) | 25 (6.6) | 0.008** |