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. 2016 Apr 18;11:437–444. doi: 10.2147/CIA.S101447

Table 1.

Comparison of variables according to vital status after a 5 year follow-up

All
(n=328)
Survivors
(n=190)
Nonsurvivors
(n=138)
P-value
Sex
 Female 202 (61.6%) 127 (66.8%) 75 (54.3%) 0.02
 Male 126 (38.4%) 63 (33.2%) 63 (45.7%)
Marital status 0.72
 Widowed 174 (53%) 98 (51.6%) 76 (55.1%)
 Married 134 (40.9%) 79 (41.6%) 55 (39.9%)
 Unmarried 20 (6.1%) 13 (6.8%) 7 (5.1%)
Studies 0.61
 No studies 113 (34.5%) 61 (32.1%) 52 (37.7%)
 Primary studies 153 (46.6%) 93 (48.9%) 60 (43.5%)
 High school 47 (14.3%) 26 (13.7%) 21 (15.2%)
 University degree 15 (4.6%) 10 (5.3%) 5 (3.6%)
Living alone 100 (30.5%) 65 (34.2%) 25 (25.4%) 0.08
Barthel index 87.6±19 91.6±12 81.9±24 0.0001
Barthel index >90 197 (60%) 129 (67.8%) 68 (49.2%) 0.001
MEC 26.7±6.8 27.8±5.8 25.6±7.7 0.001
MEC >23 90 (72.6%) 152 (80%) 86 (62.3%) 0.001
Lawton IADL index 5.3±2.5 6.03±2.1 4.4±2.8 0.0001
Gijon 9.8±2.6 9.6±2.5 10.1±2.7 0.18
EQ-VAS 62±21 63.9±19 59.5±22 0.06
Charlson index 1.4±1.6 1.09±1.2 1.9±1.8 0.0001
Number of drugs taken 6±3 5.6±3.4 6.7±3.4 0.002
MNA-SF 24.5±3.7 25.1±3.5 23.7±3.7 0.0001
Tinetti 6.6±2.9 7.1±2.5 5.9±3.0 0.0001
Hypertension 249 (75.9%) 149 (78.4%) 100 (72.5%) 0.21
Diabetes mellitus 58 (17.7%) 34 (17.9%) 24 (17.4%) 0.91
Dyslipidemia 168 (51.2%) 102 (53.7%) 66 (47.8%) 0.29
Medical history of stroke 49 (14.9%) 26 (13.7%) 23 (16.7% 0.45
Dementia 31 (9.5%) 9 (4.7%) 22 (15.9%) 0.76
Ischemic cardiopathy 20 (6.1%) 7 (3.7%) 13 (9.4%) 0.05
Heart failure 42 (12.8%) 18 (9.5%) 24 (17.4%) 0.03
COPD 34 (10.4%) 14 (7.4%) 20 (14.5%) 0.03
Falls 0.40±0.9 0.44±0.9 0.38±1.1 0.58

Note: Data presented as mean ± standard deviation or n (%).

Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; EQ-VAS, quality of life with the visual analogue scale; IADL, instrumental activities of daily life; MEC, Spanish version of the Mini-Mental State Examination; MNA-SF, Mini Nutritional Assessment questionnaire (short form).