Table 1.

Demographics and baseline characteristics of the study population

Characteristics	No. of patients (%) (n = 339)
Age, years, median (IQR)	77 (71–83)
Sex
Male	201 (59.3)
Female	138 (40.7)
Charlson Comorbidity Index, median (IQR)	1 (0–2)
≤ 1	217 (64.0)
2–3	93 (27.4)
≥ 4	29 (8.6)
Transfer during hospitalization	244 (72.0)
Number of transfers per person, median (IQR)	1 (0–1)
Number of chronic medications per person, median (IQR)	5 (3–7)
Length of stay, days, median (IQR)	15 (9–31)
Length of stay in ICU, days, median (IQR)	7 (4–15)

IQR Interquartile range