Table 1.
Clinical variables of centenarians in the series according to sex
| |
Total |
|
|
Male |
|
|
Female |
|
|
P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Mean | SD | No. | Mean | SD | No. | Mean | SD | ||
|
BMI |
71 |
24.1 |
4.3 |
23 |
24.8 |
3.8 |
48 |
23.8 |
4.5 |
.388 |
|
BPs |
77 |
131.7 |
21.2 |
24 |
139.3 |
26.0 |
53 |
128.3 |
17.9 |
.223 |
|
BPd |
77 |
73.0 |
12.7 |
24 |
74.4 |
14.5 |
53 |
72.4 |
11.9 |
.411 |
|
HR |
80 |
77.0 |
14.5 |
26 |
74.1 |
11.8 |
54 |
78.3 |
15.5 |
.224 |
| |
No. |
% |
|
No. |
% |
|
No. |
% |
|
|
|
Smoker |
17 |
21.3% |
|
17 |
65.4% |
|
0 |
0% |
|
.000 |
|
Diabetes mellitus |
9 |
11.3% |
|
3 |
11.5% |
|
6 |
11.1% |
|
.999 |
|
Hypertension |
21 |
26.3% |
|
3 |
11.5% |
|
18 |
33.3% |
|
.056 |
|
Dyslipaemia |
3 |
3.8% |
|
2 |
7.7% |
|
1 |
1.9% |
|
.245 |
|
CVD |
24 |
30.0% |
|
5 |
19.2% |
|
19 |
35.2% |
|
.145 |
|
Dementia |
26 |
32.5% |
|
5 |
19.2% |
|
21 |
38.9% |
|
.079 |
|
Prior hospital admission |
65 |
81.3% |
|
23 |
88.5% |
|
42 |
77.8% |
|
.363 |
|
Drugs* |
65 |
81.3% |
|
19 |
73.1% |
|
46 |
85.2% |
|
.194 |
| |
No. |
% |
|
No. |
% |
|
No. |
% |
OR (CI) |
|
|
Charlson index score ≥ 2 |
26 |
32.5% |
|
9 |
34.6% |
|
17 |
31.5% |
0.9 (0.3-2.3) |
.779 |
|
Barthek index score ≤ 60 |
37 |
46.3% |
|
8 |
30.8% |
|
29 |
53.7% |
0.4 (0.1-1.03) |
.054 |
|
Cognition miniexam score < 20 |
57 |
71.3% |
|
12 |
46.2% |
|
45 |
83.3% |
0.2 (2.0-16.7) |
.001 |
|
Anaemia |
31 |
40.3% |
|
13 |
50% |
|
18 |
35.3% |
0.5 (0.2-1.4) |
.230 |
|
Hyperglycaemia |
10 |
13% |
|
2 |
7.7 |
|
8 |
15.7 |
2.2 (0.4-11.4) |
.480 |
|
Renal failure |
52 |
67.5% |
|
14 |
53.8% |
|
38 |
74.5% |
2.5 (0.9-6.8) |
.067 |
|
Dyslipidaemia |
8 |
10.7% |
|
4 |
16.0% |
|
4 |
8.0% |
0.5 (0.1-2.0) |
.429 |
| Hypoalbuminaemia | 17 | 22.1% | 7 | 26.9% | 10 | 19.6% | 0.7 (0.2-2.0) | .464 |
*mean 3.2 (SD 2.1) drugs per patient (rank 0–11).
Abbreviations: BPd: diastolic blood pressure; BPs: systolic blood pressure. BMI: body mass index; CI: 95% confidence interval; CVD: cardiovascular disease; HR: heart rate; OR: Odds ratio; SD: standard deviation.
Anaemia: haemoglobin < 12 g/dL in women, <13 g/dL in men. Hyperglycaemia: fasting glycaemia > 126 mg/dL. Renal failure: glomerular filtration rate (MDDR-4) < 60. Dyslipidaemia: total cholesterol > 220 mg/dL. Hypoalbuminaemia: albumin < 3.5 g/dL.