Table 1 Basic data on 5,087 patients admitted to a geriatric department
Male (n = 1,852) | Female (n = 3,235) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 81.8 (6.8) | 83.9 (7.0) | < 0.001 |
Length of stay, median [IQR] | 8 [5; 14] | 8 [5; 13] | n.s. |
Barthel-Index | |||
80-100 | 296 (17.9%) | 523 (18.2%) | n.s. |
50-79 | 452 (27.3%) | 856 (29.8%) | |
25-49 | 363 (22.0%) | 643 (22.4%) | |
0-24 | 542 (32.8%) | 852 (29.7%) | |
Survival status | |||
Alive 6th-september 2010 | 563 (30.4%) | 1,322 (40.9%) | < 0.001 |
Discharged and dead before 6th sept. 2010 | 1,115 (60.2%) | 1,670 (51.6%) | |
Dead in hospital | 174 (9.4%) | 243 (7.5%) | |
Charlson Comorbidity Index | |||
0 | 443 (23.9%) | 1,025 (31.7%) | <0.001 |
1 | 617 (33.3%) | 1,205 (37.3%) | |
2 | 429 (23.2%) | 621 (19.2%) | |
> = 3 | 363 (19.6%) | 384 (11.9%) | |
ICD-diagnosis group | |||
Infectious diseases (A00 – B99) | 134 (7.2%) | 256 (7.9%) | n.s. |
Any cancer (C00 – C75) | 372 (20.1%) | 485 (15.0%) | < 0.001 |
Haematological disease (D50 – D89) | 322 (17.4%) | 465 (14.4%) | < 0.01 |
Endocrine diseases (E00 – E99) | 636 (34.3%) | 1,317 (40.7%) | < 0.001 |
Psychiatric diseases (F00 – F99) | 488 (26.4%) | 822 (25.4%) | n.s. |
Neurologic diseases (G00 – G99) | 160 (8.6%) | 204 (6.3%) | < 0.01 |
Cardiovascular diseases (I00 – I99) | 1,242 (67.1%) | 2,066 (63.9%) | < 0.05 |
Respiratory diseases (J00 – J99) | 738 (39.8%) | 1,007 (31.1%) | < 0.001 |
Gastrointestinal diseases (K00 – K93) | 291 (15.7%) | 527 (16.3%) | n.s. |
Bone and Connective tissue (M00 – M99) | 271 (14.6%) | 912 (28.2%) | < 0.001 |
Urologic diseases (N00 – N99) | 532 (28.7%) | 682 (21.1%) | < 0.001 |
Number of ICD-diagnosis (mean, SD) | 4.4 (1.4) | 4.3 (1.4) | n.s. |