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. 2017 Aug 10;2017:6078498. doi: 10.1155/2017/6078498

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of CCP with and without diabetes.

CCP patients No diabetes Diabetes p
N (%) 438 (47.00%) 494 (53.00%)
Age (average ± SD) 84.22 ± 10.6 81.16 ± 8.0 <0.001
Percentage >80 years old 
n (%)
340 (77.6%) 315 (63.8%) <0.001
Women n (%) 236 (53.9%) 252 (51.0%) 0.394
CCP criteria number (average ± SD) 3.85 ± 1.26 3.86 ± 1.12 0.955
Hypertension n (%) 362 (80.4%) 422 (85.4%) 0.044
Dyslipidemia n (%) 195 (44.5%) 326 (66.0%) <0.001
Atrial fibrillation n (%) 176 (40.2%) 149 (30.2%) 0.002
Ischaemic cardiopathy n (%) 87 (19.9%) 109 (22.1%) 0.422
Peripheral artery disease 
n (%)
58 (13.2%) 91 (18.4%) 0.032
Chronic kidney insufficiency < 30 mlClCr 43 (9.8%) 73 (14.7%) 0.042
Heart failure n (%) 153 (34.9%) 150 (30.4%) 0.142
Charlson score 
(average ± SD)
2.05 ± 1.30 2.95 ± 1.30 0.015
Stroke before CCP n (%) 104 (23.7%) 96 (19.4%) 0.111
Stroke after CCP n (%) 36 (8.2%) 30 (6.1%) 0.249
CHA2DS2VASC score (average ± SD) 5.97 ± 2.38 7.14 ± 5.97 <0.001
HAS_BLED score 
(average ± SD)
2.88 ± 1.14 3.10 ± 1.05 0.077
Daily medications number (average ± SD) 7.8 ± 3.29 9.80 ± 3.60 <0.001
Polypharmacy ≥ 4 n (%) 392 (89.5%) 484 (98%) <0.001
Polypharmacy ≥ 10 n (%) 142 (32.4%) 258 (52.2%) <0.001
Cognitive impairment n (%) 179 (40.9%) 159 (32.2%) 0.006
Pfeiffer test score 
(average ± SD)
3.43 ± 3.39 2.72 ± 3.13 0.001
Barthel score (average ± SD) 62.8 ± 32.41 69.02 ± 31.28 0.003
Barthel score < 60 n (%) 182 (41.6%) 161 (32.6%) 0.005
Fall risk n (%) 103 (23.9%) 85 (17.2%) 0.018
Gijón score (average ± SD) 9.53 ± 5.12 10.46 ± 3.87 0.363
Antiaggregant treatment 
n (%)
147 (33.6%) 238 (48.2%) <0.001
Anticoagulant treatment 
n (%)
147 (33.6%) 123 (24.9%) 0.003
Statin treatment n (%) 149 (34.0%) 274 (55.5%) <0.001
Proton pump inhibitor treatment n (%) 285 (65.1%) 358 (72.5%) 0.016
Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) n (%) 131 (29.9%) 149 (30.2%) 0.943
CNS depressant drugs n (%) 249 (56.8%) 265 (53.6%) 0.356
Death n (%) 157 (35.8%) 162 (32.8%) 0.334