Research Article
Factors Affecting Mortality in Elderly Patients Hospitalized for Nonmalignant Reasons
Table 2
General characteristics of the discharged and dead groups.
| | Characteristics | Discharged group
() | Dead group
() | |
| | Age, years | | | <0.001 | | Gender | | | | | Female | 540 (58.3) | 52 (61.2) | 0.601 | | Male | 387 (41.7) | 33 (38.8) | | | Reason for hospitalization | | | | | Poor general status | 114 (12.3) | 55 (64.7) | <0.001 | | Diabetes mellitus | 182 (19.6) | 3 (3.5) | — | | Cardiovascular diseases | 64 (6.9) | 3 (3.5) | — | | Pulmonary diseases | 93 (10.0) | 3 (3.5) | — | | Gastrointestinal diseases | 90 (9.7) | 5 (5.9) | — | | Renal diseases | 147 (15.9) | 10 (11.8) | 0.318 | | Infection | 75 (8.1) | 2 (2.4) | — | | Anemia | 121 (13.1) | 3 (3.5) | — | | Rheumatologic diseases | 9 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | — | | Electrolyte imbalance | 24 (2.6) | 1 (1.2) | — | | Other | 8 (0.9) | 0 (0.0) | — | | Presence of at least one comorbidity | 831 (89.6) | 83 (97.6) | 0.017 | | Comorbidity | | | | | Cardiovascular disease | 371 (40.0) | 41 (48.2) | 0.140 | | Hypertension | 555 (59.9) | 55 (64.7) | 0.383 | | Diabetes mellitus | 346 (37.3) | 43 (50.6) | 0.016 | | Chronic renal failure | 62 (6.7) | 3 (3.5) | 0.256 | | Malignant diseases | 68 (7.3) | 23 (27.1) | <0.001 | | Cirrhosis | 18 (1.9) | 5 (5.9) | 0.037 | | Other | 188 (20.3) | 12 (14.1) | 0.172 | | Duration of hospital stay, days | | | 0.449 |
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