Table 5.
Nutritional and respiratory support procedures and patient features at the time according to two age groups.
| Age at Diagnosis ≤80 years | Age at Diagnosis >80 years | Total | p Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N or Mean | % or SD | N or Mean | % or SD | N or Mean | % or SD | ||
| Nutritional Support (PEG) | |||||||
| PEG | 371 | 31.05 | 36 | 20.81 | 407 | 29.75 | 0.006 |
| time onset-PEG, months | 26.24 | 16.09 | 19.41 | 14.18 | 25.65 | 16.03 | 0.017 |
| Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) | |||||||
| NIV | 454 | 38.06 | 50 | 28.90 | 504 | 36.90 | 0.020 |
| time onset-NIV, months | 27.57 | 23.44 | 21.87 | 15.68 | 27.01 | 22.84 | 0.104 |
| Invasive ventilation (IV) | |||||||
| IV | 216 | 18.09 | 12 | 6.94 | 228 | 16.68 | <0.001 |
| time onset-IV, months | 29.80 | 19.84 | 16.18 | 11.58 | 29.13 | 19.72 | 0.025 |
Data available for 1367 patients.