Table 1.

Demographic and clinical data of 129 patients

Characteristics	Palliative care unit	Home care	Day care center	P-value
Age (years)
All patients	64.25±12.18	70.18±12.51	67.41±11.00	0.502*
67.30±12.32 (range, 33–94)	(range, 44–86)	(range, 33–94)	(range, 44–89)
Men	64.00±12.96	68.97±12.32	71.43±8.06	0.173
67.10±12.52 (range, 33–89)	(range, 44–86)	(range, 33–88)	(range, 65–89)
Women	64.65±11.20	72.39±12.91	66.00±11.71	0.116
67.50±12.18 (range, 44–94)	(range, 45–85)	(range, 51–94)	(range, 44–86)	0.877†
Sex
Men n=71 (55.0%)	31 (60.78%)	33 (64.71%)	7 (25.93%)	0.002**
Women n=58 (45.0%)	20 (39.22%)	18 (35.29%)	20 (74.07%)
Karnofsky 1	47.45±9.77	48.82±9.09	68.15±14.95	<0.001**
Karnofsky 2	44.90±9.25	47.06±10.45	70.74±14.92	<0.001**
Primary tumor location				0.397
Lung n=26 (20.15%)	12 (23.53%)	11 (21.57%)	3 (11.11%)
Colon n=19 (14.73%)	8 (15.69%)	8 (15.69%)	3 (11.11%)
Kidney n=12 (9.30%)	5 (9.80%)	4 (7.84%)	3 (11.11%)
Prostate n=12 (9.30%)	6 (11.76%)	5 (9.80%)	1 (3.70%)
Breast n=9 (6.98%)	3 (5.88%)	1 (1.96%)	5 (18.52%)
Head and neck n=8 (6.20%)	4 (7.84%)	1 (1.96%)	3 (11.11%)
Ovary n=7 (5.43%)	1 (1.96%)	5 (9.80%)	1 (3.70%)
Pancreas n=7 (5.43)	2 (3.92%)	3 (5.88%)	2 (7.41%)
Other n=29 (22.48%)	11 (21.87%)	13 (25.49%)	6 (22.22%)
Total n=129 (100%)	51 (100%)	51 (100%)	27 (100%)

Notes:

^*Home vs palliative care unit;

^†all men vs all women;

^**day care center vs home and palliative care unit.