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. 2013 Nov 25;13:559. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-559

Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics, according to pneumonia subtype

 
HCAP
PNP
CAP
Chi-square test
 
n = 2257
n = 6775
n = 17107
 
  n % n % n % p value
Gender
 
 
 
 
Females
939(41.6)
3236(47.8)
7704(45.0)
<0.001
Males
1318(58.4)
3539(52.2)
9403(55.0)
<0.001
Residence
 
 
 
 
Rome
1422(63.0)
4231(62.5)
10143(59.3)
<0.001
Province of Rome
452(20.0)
1394(20.6)
3715(21.7)
<0.001
Rest of Lazio
383(17.0)
1150(17.0)
3249(19.0)
<0.001
Age
 
 
 
 
65-69
384(17.0)
724(10.7)
2152(12.6)
<0.001
70-74
486(21.5)
1052(15.5)
2894(16.9)
<0.001
75-79
561(24.8)
1428(21.1)
3791(22.2)
<0.001
80-84
398(17.6)
1591(23.5)
3810(22.3)
<0.001
85-89
287(12.7)
1170(17.3)
2629(15.4)
<0.001
90+
141(6.25)
810(11.9)
1831(10.7)
<0.001
Socioeconomic position (Rome residents only)
 
 
 
 
1 (high)
210(9.3)
687(10.1)
1483(8.7)
<0.001
2
247(10.9)
640(9.4)
1591(9.3)
<0.001
3
231(10.2)
702(10.4)
1695(9.9)
<0.001
4
239(10.6)
684(10.1)
1664(9.7)
<0.001
5 (low)
238(10.5)
655(9.7)
1815(10.6)
<0.001
Respiratory conditions
 
 
 
 
Oxygen therapy (previous year)
279(12.3)
756(11.2)
2219(13.0)
0.001
COPD (previous two years)
494(21.9)
1122(16.6)
3555(20.8)
<0.001
Respiratory failure (previous two years)
242(10.7)
453(6.7)
1620(9.5)
<0.001
Influenza Vaccination (previous two years)
1218(54.0)
3820(56.4)
6955(40.7)
<0.001
Acute stroke (same admission)
97(4.3)
573(8.5)
145(0.8)
<0.001
Comorbidities (previous two years)
 
 
 
 
Heart failure
551(24.4)
2073(30.6)
3461(20.2)
<0.001
Diabetes
415(18.4)
902(13.3)
2217(13.0)
<0.001
Chronic kidney disease
632(28.0)
1121(16.5)
2313(13.5)
<0.001
Malignant tumours
721(31.9)
1397(20.6)
2148(12.6)
<0.001
Hypertension
827(36.6)
1698(25.1)
4327(25.3)
<0.001
Ischemic heart disease
583(25.8)
1573(23.2)
3882(22.7)
0.004
Other heart disease
528(23.4)
1287(19.0)
2835(16.6)
<0.001
Arrhythmias
602(26.7)
1986(29.3)
4267(24.9)
<0.001
Cerebrovascular disorders
745(33.0)
2023(29.9)
4251(24.8)
<0.001
Digestive disease
139(6.2)
540(8.0)
997(5.8)
<0.001
Anaemias/coagulopathies
403(17.9)
883(13.0)
1972(11.5)
<0.001
Neurological diseases
356(15.8)
914(13.5)
1951(11.4)
<0.001
Psychiatric diseases
217(9.6)
631(9.3)
1714(10.0)
0.243
Chronic respiratory diseases (other than COPD)
113(5.0)
378(5.6)
970(5.7)
0.435
Severity of disease (same admission)
 
 
 
 
Ventilation
417(18.5)
207(3.1)
475(2.8)
<0.001
Intensive care
580(25.7)
367(5.4)
563(2.8)
<0.001
Type of hospital
 
 
 
 
Public
1361(60.3)
4485(66.2)
11297(66.0)
<0.001
Teaching
598(26.5)
1391(20.5)
2967(17.3)
<0.001
Private
298(13.2)
899(13.3)
2843(16.6)
<0.001
Mortality
 
 
 
 
In hospital
729(32.3)
1667(24.6)
2269(13.3)
 
30 day-mortality
863(38.2)
1916(28.3)
2710(15.8)
 
 
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
Mean
Median
 
Length of hospital stay 27.1 17.0 16.8 13.0 13.2 10.0