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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients over 65 years of age

From: Prediction value of the LACE index to identify older adults at high risk for all-cause mortality in South Korea: a nationwide population-based study

Variables

Participants

(n = 7491)

LACE score

P-value

< 10

≥10

(n = 5746)

(n = 1745)

Age(yr)

 Mean ± SD

70.9 ± 4.3

70.8 ± 4.4

70.9 ± 4.3

0.66

Distribution, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 65–69

3396 (45.3)

2610 (45.4)

786 (45.0)

 

 70–79

3840 (51.3)

2931 (51.0)

909 (52.1)

 

 ≥80

255 (3.4)

205 (3.6)

50 (2.9)

 

Sex, n (%)

   

0.002

 Male

4063 (54.2)

3059 (53.2)

1004 (57.5)

 

 Female

3428 (45.8)

2687 (46.8)

741 (42.5)

 

Income, n (%)

   

0.13

 1st quartile (low)

1488 (19.9)

1162 (20.2)

326 (18.7)

 

 2nd quartile

1058 (14.1)

792 (13.8)

266 (15.2)

 

 3rd quartile

1010 (13.5)

783 (13.6)

227 (13.0)

 

 4th quartile

1507 (20.1)

1130 (19.7)

377 (21.6)

 

 5th quartile (high)

2428 (32.4)

1879 (32.7)

549 (31.5)

 

Disability, n (%)

   

0.05

 Non-handicapped

7236 (96.6)

5564 (96.8)

1672 (95.8)

 

 Handicapped

255 (3.4)

182 (3.2)

73 (4.2)

 

Pneumonia, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Yes

687 (9.2)

566 (9.9)

121 (6.9)

 

 No

6804 (90.8)

5180 (90.1)

1624 (93.1)

 

Fracture, n (%)

   

0.004

 Yes

921 (12.3)

742 (12.9)

179 (10.3)

 

 No

6570 (87.7)

5004 (87.1)

1566 (89.7)

 

Cancer, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Yes

2479 (33.1)

1710 (29.8)

769 (44.1)

 

 No

5012 (66.9)

4036 (70.2)

976 (55.9)

 

MACE, n (%)

 Yes

2849 (38.0)

2296 (40.0)

553 (31.7)

< 0.001

 No

4642 (62.0)

3450 (60.0)

1192 (68.3)

 

CRF, n (%)

   

< 0.001

 Yes

135 (1.8)

83 (1.4)

52 (3.0)

 

 No

7356 (98.2)

5663 (98.6)

1693 (97.0)

 

Diabetes, n (%)

 Yes

600 (8.0)

436 (7.6)

164 (9.4)

0.02

 No

6891 (92.0)

5310 (92.4)

1581 (90.6)

 

DM and complications of DM, n (%)

 Yes

646 (8.6)

477 (8.3)

169 (9.7)

0.08

 No

6845 (91.4)

5269 (91.7)

1576 (90.3)

 

Mental illnesses, n(%)

   

< 0.001

 Yes

238 (3.2)

208 (3.6)

30 (1.7)

 

 No

7253 (96.8)

5538 (96.4)

1715 (98.3)

 

LACE score

 Mean ± SD

7.5 ± 2.6

   

Distribution, n (%)

 0–4

916 (12.2)

   

 5–9

4830 (64.5)

   

 ≥10

1745 (23.3)

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