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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Mar 24;65(7):1470–1475. doi: 10.1111/jgs.14823

Table 1.

Characteristics of Patients with and without CAM Delirium during the MDS Admission Assessment, 2011–2014

Characteristic Full Sample
n=5588702
Delirium
n= 242121
No Delirium
n=5346581
Age - mean years (sd) 81.2 (8.3) 83.2 (8.1) 81.1 (8.3)
Female sex - n (%) 3525877 (63) 141451 (58) 3384426 (63)
Non-White Race - n (%) 965863 (17) 39310 (16) 926553 (17)
ADL at Baseline - mean score (sd)* 17.1 (4.8) 19.7 (4.6) 16.9 (4.7)
Visual Impairment - n (%) 936277 (17) 73411 (31) 862866 (16)
Charlson Comorbidity Index - mean score (sd) 2.3 (1.9) 2.6 (2.0) 2.3 (1.9)
Auditory Impairment - n (%) 1449431 (26) 89929 (37) 1359502 (25)
CFS Score - n (%)
 (1) Cognitively Intact 3187305 (57) 16299 (7) 3171006 (59)
 (2) Mild Impairment 1268787 (23) 45240 (19) 1223547 (23)
 (3) Moderate Impairment 894479 (16) 132759 (55) 761720 (14)
 (4) Severe Impairment 182939 (3) 43844 (18) 139095 (3)
Dementia - n (%) 1184377 (21) 133496 (55) 1050881 (20)
Terminal Condition - n (%) 64428 (1) 8525 (4) 55903 (1)
*

ADL=Activities of Daily Living Score (range 0–28, higher=worse)

CFS=Cognitive Function Scale