Causes of Death in HIV Patients and the Evolution of an AIDS Hospice: 1988–2008

Table 2

Patient characteristics for all admissions in 2008.

	All patients(𝑛=87)	Patients who died (𝑛=17)	Patients who survived (𝑛=70)	Statistical difference
Average age (𝑛=17; 𝑛=70)	48.9 (SD = 10.5)	49.4 (SD = 10.1)	48.8 (SD = 10.7)	𝑡(85)=.22, 𝑃=.83
Gender (𝑛=17; 𝑛=70)
Male	70 (80.5%)	14 (82.3%)	56 (80.0%)
Female	17 (19.5%)	3 (17.6%)	14 (20.0%)	𝑥^2(1)=.05, 𝑃=.83
Median CD4 at admission (𝑛=16; 𝑛=67)	150.0	68.8% below median	43.3% below median	𝑥^2(1)=3.4, 𝑃=.07
CD4 admission categories (𝑛=16; 𝑛=67)
<200	48 (57.8%)	12 (75.0%)	36 (53.7%)	𝑥^2(2)=2.9, 𝑃=.24
200–500	24 (28.9%)	2 (12.5%)	22 (32.8%)
>500	11 (13.2%)	2 (12.5%)	9 (13.4%)
Average number of comorbidities (𝑛=17; 𝑛=70)	5.9 (SD = 2.3)	5.6 (SD = 2.2)	5.9 (SD = 2.3)	𝑡(85)=.53, 𝑃=.60
AIDS-defining malignancy (𝑛=17; 𝑛=70)	5 (5.7%)	2 (11.8%)	3 (4.3%)	𝑥^2(1)=1.4, 𝑃=.24
Non-AIDS defining malignancy (𝑛=17; 𝑛=70)	14 (16.1%)	5 (29.4%)	9 (12.9%)	𝑥^2(1)=2.8, 𝑃=.10
Psychiatric disorder (𝑛=17; 𝑛=70)	80 (92.0%)	14 (82.4%)	66 (94.3%)	𝑥^2(1)=2.6, 𝑃=.11
Cognitively impaired	41 (47.1%)	9 (52.9%)	32 (45.7%)	𝑥^2(1)=.29, 𝑃=.59
Substance use disorder	36 (41.4%)	5 (29.4%)	31 (44.3%)	𝑥^2(1)=1.2, 𝑃=.26