Table 1 General and clinical characteristics of the NH residents recruited in the present study. For continuous variables means and standard deviations (in parentheses) are reported. For categorical variables absolute frequencies and percentages (in parentheses) are reported
From: Thymic function and survival at advance ages in nursing home residents from Southern Italy
|  | All (N = 241) | Survivors (N = 191) | Dead (N = 50) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 78.4 (7.59) | 77.0 (7.19) | 83.4 (6.96) | < 0.001 |
Sex, male (N,%) | 83 (34.4%) | 66 (34.6%) | 17 (34.0%) | 0.941 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 27.2 (7.22) | 28.2 (6.91) | 22.9 (6.35) | < 0.001 |
Dependency in 1 or more ADL (N,%) | 112 (46.5%) | 68 (35.6%) | 44 (88.0%) | < 0.001 |
ADD (N,%) | 8 (3.3%) | 5 (2.6%) | 3 (6.0%) | 0.456 |
UD (N,%) | 53 (22.0%) | 25 (13.1%) | 28 (56.0%) | < 0.001 |
Depression (GDS > 5)* (N,%) | 93 (47.4%) | 78 (46.7%) | 15 (51.7%) | 0.617 |
Hypertension (N,%) | 169 (70.1%) | 128 (67.0%) | 41 (82.0%) | 0.059 |
Diabetes (N,%) | 63 (26.1) | 43 (22.5%) | 20 (40.0%) | 0.021 |
COPD (N,%) | 50 (16.6%) | 34 (17.8%) | 16 (32.0%) | 0.045 |
Heart failure (N,%) | 18 (7.5%) | 9 (4.7%) | 9 (18.0%) | 0.004 |
Ischemic heart disease (N,%) | 48 (19.9%) | 35 (18.3%) | 13 (26.0%) | 0.312 |
Stroke (N,%) | 19 (7.9%) | 6 (3.1%) | 13 (26.0%) | < 0.001 |
CIRS-G score | 12.5 (12.4) | 8.8 (8.4) | 26.0 (14.7) | < 0.001 |
Number of medications | 6.8 (3.8) | 6.3 (3.4) | 8.8 (4.3) | < 0.001 |