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Table 1 Cohort Characteristics

From: Mortality is not increased with Diabetes in hospitalised very old adults: a multi-site review

 

Diabetes

No Diabetes

pα

Age

 Mean (Years, (SD))

78.8

(7.4)

80.4

(8.2)

< 0.001β

 Median (Years, (IQR))

79

(73–84)

81

(74–87)

< 0.001g

Age Category (n, (%))¥

 65–69

4698

(27.7)

12,251

(72.3)

 

 70–74

6696

(29.2)

16,253

(70.8)

 

 75–79

8081

(30.6)

18,363

(69.4)

 

 80–84

8034

(28.1)

20,518

(71.9)

 

 85–89

5976

(23.0)

20,037

(77.0)

 

 90–95

2300

(16.3)

11,810

(83.7)

 

 95+

524

(12.7)

3589

(87.3)

 

Female (n, (%))

16,026

(44.1)

55,030

(53.5)

< 0.001

Separations (n, (%)) £¥

36,309

(26.1)

102,821

(73.9)

 

 1 Separation

16,208

(44.6)

53,192

(51.7)

< 0.001

 2 Separations

7609

(21.0)

21,729

(21.1)

 

 3 or more Separations

12,492

(34.4)

29,900

(27.1)

 

No Prior Separations¥

19,774

(54.5)

49,739

(48.4)

< 0.001

First Separation & No Prior¥

9323

(22.2)

32,697

(77.8)

 

No. of Prior Separations (\( \overline{\mathrm{x}} \)(SD))

3.8

(3.7)

3.1

(3.4)

< 0.001β

CCI (n, (%))

3361

(49.1)

11,427

(57.6)

< 0.001

2481

(36.3)

6450

(32.5)

 

1001

(14.6)

1953

(9.9)

 

Hospital Acquired Diagnosis©(n, (%))

9507

(26.2)

26,354

(23.5)

< 0.001

 Adverse drug events

1431

(3.9)

3781

(3.7)

 

 Cardiovascular

1210

(3.2)

3209

(3.3)

 

 Intra and post procedural

1030

(2.8)

2899

(2.8)

 

 Other

842

(2.3)

2234

(2.2)

 

 Respiratory

840

(2.3)

1967

(1.9)

 
  1. Percentages are column percentages unless indicated. ¥Percentages are row percentages. £Number of separations by each individual in the 6-year period. €Charlson Comorbidity Index. αP values are from χ2, βP values are from t-test. g P values are from rank-sum test