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Table 1 Patient Characteristics

From: The long-term prognostic value of serum 25(OH)D, albumin, and LL-37 levels in acute respiratory diseases among older adults

  

Respiratory symptoms

 

Overall (n = 289)

Pneumonia (n = 81)

No Pneumonia (n = 208)

P

Age

83 (7)

83 (7)

83 (7)

0.82

Sex (male/female)

125/164 (43%/57%)

44/37 (54%/46%)

81/127 (39%/61%)

0.02

Weight

67 (17)a

65 (16)

68 (17)

0.16

Respiratory diseases

86/282 (31%)

27/79 (34%)

59/203 (29%)

0.40

 Asthma/COPD

68/282 (24%)

21/79 (27%)

47/203 (23%)

0.55

 Other lung disease

27/282 (10%)

7/79 (9%)

20/203 (10%)

0.80

Cardiovascular diseases

216/282 (77%)

60/79 (76%)

156/203 (77%)

0.87

Other diseases

201/282 (71%)

54/79 (68%)

147/203 (72%)

0.50

 Dementia

60/282 (21%)

17/79 (22%)

43/203 (21%)

0.95

 Depression

37/289 (13%)

11/81 (14%)

26/208 (13%)

0.81

 Rheumatic disease

81/282 (29%)

20/79 (25%)

61/203 (29%)

0.43

 Diabetes mellitus

   

0.65

  Type 1

2/282 (1%)

0/79 (0%)

2/203 (1.0%)

 

  Type 2

62/282 (22%)

15/79 (17%)

47/203 (23%)

 

 Cancer

66/282 (23%)

15/79 (19%)

51/203 (25%)

0.67

Smoking

37/282 (17%)

15/64 (23%)

22/155 (14%)

0.09

Vitamin D supplement

103/289 (36%)

29/81 (36%)

74/208 (36%)

0.97

ADL-score 4

89 (32%)b

27 (34%)

62 (31%)

 

ADL-score 3

107 (38%)

30 (38%)

77 (38%)

 

ADL-score 2

72 (26%)

19 (24%)

53 (26%)

 

ADL-score 1

14 (5%)

3 (5%)

11 (5%)

 

Vaccination

112/282 (40%)

34/79 (43%)

78/203 (38%)

0.48

  1. Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, ADL, activity of daily living
  2. Data expressed as n (%) or mean (SD)
  3. Two-sample t-test, χ2-test and Fisher exact test were used
  4. Significant values are shown bold and italic
  5. COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  6. aWeight known from 258 patients
  7. bADL score known from 282 patients
  8. Statistically significant values bolded and in italic