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Table 1 Characteristics of hospitalized pneumonia patients with and without dementia

From: Association between dementia and discharge status in patients hospitalized with pneumonia

 

Total

(n = 412,844)

Dementia

(n = 40,144)

Non-dementia

(n = 372,700)

P

Age (years), %

   

<0.001

 60–69

14.9

2.2

16.3

 

 70–79

29.0

17.0

29.0

 

 80–89

40.4

55.4

40.4

 

  ≥ 90

15.6

25.3

15.6

 

Sex (female), %

41.9

54.5

40.6

<0.001

Body mass index (kg/m2),%

   

<0.001

  < 15.9

9.1

11.5

8.9

 

 16.0–16.9

5.6

6.6

5.5

 

 17.0–18.4

10.9

12.2

10.8

 

 18.5–22.9

35.8

33.3

36.0

 

 23.0–24.9

10.8

7.7

11.2

 

 25–29.9

9.5

5.9

9.8

 

 30.0–34.9

1.4

0.7

1.4

 

  ≥ 35.0

0.3

0.1

0.3

 

Missing

16.6

22.0

16.1

 

A-DROP, %

   

<0.001

 Mild

9.6

1.3

10.4

 

 moderate

61.7

63.0

61.5

 

 severe

15.6

20.1

15.1

 

 most severe

13.2

15.7

13.0

 

Charlson Comorbidity Index, %

   

<0.001

 0

41.3

10.2

44.6

 

 1-–2

43.5

55.9

42.2

 

  ≥ 3

15.2

34.0

13.2

 

Cancer, %

12.4

7.0

13.0

<0.001

Hemodialysis, %

1.7

1.1

1.7

<0.001

Intensive care unit admission, %

3.3

3.4

3.3

0.783