Number of patients |
100 |
64 |
36 |
- |
Age (years) |
75 [20]; 28-96 |
73 [27]; 28-96 |
79 [19];
46-93 |
0.003 |
< 50 years
50-69 years
70-79 years
80-89 years
> 90 years
|
9 (9%)
30 (30%)
23 (23%)
31 (31%)
7 (7%)
|
8 (13%)
21 (33%)
15 (23%)
17 (27%)
3 (5%)
|
1 (3%)
9 (25%)
8 (22%)
14 (39%)
4 (11%)
|
0.02
|
Male gender |
52 (52%) |
31 (48%) |
21 (58%) |
0.41 |
Place of residence on admission |
Place of residence on
admission |
Place of residence on admission |
Place of
residence on admission |
Place of residence on
admission |
Home
Long-term care facility
|
83 (83%)
17 (17%)
|
54 (84%)
10 (16%)
|
29 (81%)
7 (19%)
|
0.56
|
Medical history |
Medical history |
Medical
history |
Medical history |
Medical
history |
Smoking history
Never smoked
Former smoker
Active smoker
|
80 (80%)
16 (16%)
4 (4%)
|
52 (81%)
8 (13%)
4 (6%)
|
28 (78%)
8 (22%)
0 (0%)
|
0.17
|
Hypertension |
63 (63%) |
38 (59%) |
25 (69%) |
0.32 |
Diabetes mellitus |
22 (22%) |
10 (16%) |
12 (33%) |
0.04 |
Obesity |
16 (16%) |
12 (19%) |
4 (11%) |
0.32 |
Cardiovascular disease† |
28 (28%) |
13 (20%) |
15 (42%) |
0.02 |
Chronic respiratory disease‡ |
12 (12%) |
4 (6%) |
8 (22%) |
0.02 |
Chronic kidney disease |
15 (15%) |
7 (11%) |
8 (22%) |
0.13 |
Cirrhosis |
2 (2%) |
1 (2%) |
1 (3%) |
0.68 |
Malignancy |
14 (14%) |
7 (11%) |
7 (19%) |
0.50 |
HIV infection |
1 (1%) |
1 (2%) |
0 (0%) |
0.45 |
Dementia |
11 (11%) |
6 (10%) |
5 (14%) |
0.49 |
PROFUND score§
0-2
3-6
7-10
11-30
|
56 (56%)
22 (22%)
9 (9%)
13 (13%)
|
43 (67%)
11 (17%)
4 (6%)
6 (10%)
|
13 (36%)
11 (31%)
5 (14%)
7 (19%)
|
0.03
|
Treatment before admission |
Treatment before
admission |
Treatment before admission |
Treatment
before admission |
Treatment before admission |
ACEI |
30 (30%) |
21 (33%) |
9 (25%) |
0.41 |
ARB |
8 (8%) |
6 (9%) |
2 (6%) |
0.50 |
Immunosuppressive drugs |
3 (3%) |
2 (3%) |
1 (3%) |
0.92 |
Corticosteroids |
6 (6%) |
4 (6%) |
2 (6%) |
0.88 |
Anticoagulants |
28 (28%) |
12 (19%) |
16 (44%) |
0.006 |