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).