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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the nursing home elderly and healthy adults

From: Immunosenescence in the nursing home elderly

Baseline characteristics

Nursing home elderly n = 262

Healthy adults n = 16

 

n (%)

n (%)

Age (years)

  

18-24

-

2 (13)

25-34

-

9 (56)

35-44

-

4 (25)

45-54

-

1 (6)

55-64

-

0 (0)

65-74

21 (8)

-

75-84

73 (28)

-

85-94

147 (56)

-

≥95

21 (8)

-

Sex (F)

213 (81)

8 (50)

Any co-morbidity

245 (94)

0 (0)

Diabetes

75 (29)

-

Stroke

56 (21)

-

Heart failure

36 (14)

-

Coronary artery disease

81 (31)

-

Cancer

21 (8)

-

COPD

30 (11)

-

Dementia

137 (52)

-

≥5 medications

229 (87)

0 (0)

Nutritional status

  

At risk of malnutrition

121 (46)

0 (0)

Malnourished

13 (5)

0 (0)

Frailty

  

4

64 (24)

0 (0)

5

62 (24)

0 (0)

6

94 (36)

0 (0)

7

38 (15)

0 (0)

8

4 (1.5)

0 (0)