A Study of Community-Acquired Pneumonias in Elderly Individuals in Bijapur, India

Table 13

Association of clinical characteristics with mortality.

Variables	Survivors (𝑛=42)	Nonsurvivors (𝑛=8)	Total (𝑛=50)	𝑋^2	𝑃 value	Inference*
Age in yrs
65–75	28	4	32	3.763	>0.05	NA
75–85	12	2	14
>85	2	2	4
Fever	27	6	33	0.344	0.558	NA
Cough	33	4	37	2.851	0.091	NA
Expectoration	24	4	28	0.139	0.709	NA
Dyspnea	9	2	11	0.05	0.823	NA
Pleuritic chest pain	10	0	10	2.024	0.154	NA
Altered sensorium	6	6	12	13.581	0.000	HA
Gastrointestinal symptoms	3	2	5	2.381	>0.05	NA
Associated diseases	26	7	33	21.176	0.05	A
Smoking	25	7	32	2.283	0.131	NA

*NA: not associated, A: associated, HA: highly associated.