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Table 1 Descriptive analysis of male and female patients aged over 65 years, who have had emergency abdominal surgery

From: Discharge outcomes among elderly patients undergoing emergency abdominal surgery: registry study of discharge data from Irish public hospitals

n (%)

Male

Female

Total

p-value

2383 (48.1)

2568 (51.9)

4951 (100.0)

 

Age group, n (%)

 65–69

525 (22.0)

548 (21.3)

1073 (21.7)

 

 70–74

594 (24.9)

563 (21.9)

1157 (23.4)

 

 75–79

562 (23.6)

561 (21.8)

1123 (22.7)

 

 80–84

430 (18.0)

468 (18.2)

898 (18.1)

 

 85–89

209 (8.8)

302 (11.8)

511 (10.3)

 

 90+

63 (2.6)

126 (4.9)

189 (3.8)

< 0.01

Admission source, n (%)

 Home

2129 (89.3)

2339 (91.1)

4468 (90.2)

 

 Other Hospital

165 (6.9)

155 (6.0)

320 (6.5)

 

 Nursing Homes

89 (3.7)

74 (2.9)

163 (3.3)

0.10

Public or private patient, n (%)

 Public

1707 (71.6)

1778 (69.2)

3485 (70.4)

 

 Private

676 (28.4)

790 (30.8)

1466 (29.6)

0.07

Medical Card, n (%)

 No Medical Card

681 (28.6)

646 (25.2)

1327 (26.8)

 

 Medical card u70

292 (12.3)

346 (13.5)

638 (12.9)

 

 Medical card o70

1410 (59.2)

1576 (61.4)

2986 (60.3)

0.02

Charlson Comorbidity Index, n (%)

 0

1064 (44.6)

1414 (55.1)

2478 (50.1)

 

 1–3

137 (5.7)

119 (4.6)

256 (5.2)

 

 4–6

153 (6.4)

170 (6.6)

323 (6.5)

 

 7–9

166 (7.0)

163 (6.3)

329 (6.6)

 

 10+

863 (36.2)

702 (27.3)

1565 (31.6)

< 0.01

Has cancer diagnosis, n (%)

 No

1769 (74.2)

2061 (80.3)

3830 (77.4)

 

 Yes

614 (25.8)

507 (19.7)

1121 (22.6)

< 0.01

LOS total, mean (sd)

27.7 (34.2)

27.5 (35.8)

27.6 (35.0)

0.79

LOS pre-op, mean (sd)

5.8 (13.9)

5.1 (11.8)

5.4 (12.9)

0.08

LOS post-op, mean (sd)

21.9 (29.7)

22.3 (31.7)

22.1 (30.8)

0.66

ICU / CCU bed days, mean (sd)

4.4 (11.1)

3.8 (8.2)

4.1 (9.7)

0.03

Readmission after 7d, mean (sd)

0.04 (0.21)

0.04 (0.20)

0.04 (0.20)

0.58

Readmission after 30d, mean (sd)

0.12 (0.32)

0.11 (0.31)

0.11 (0.32)

0.33

Death 7d post-OP, mean (sd)

0.05 (0.23)

0.06 (0.24)

0.06 (0.24)

0.18

Death 30d post-OP, mean (sd)

0.10 (0.31)

0.11 (0.32)

0.11 (0.31)

0.44