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. 2017 Aug 4;7(8):e016390. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016390

Table 2.

Characteristic, Charlson Comorbidity Index and clinical conditions among women with and without type 2 diabetes hospitalised with vascular dementia

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 Total p-value
No diabetes
N 4489 5089 5018 5313 6007 6066 6448 6881 7167 7124 59 602
Incidence per 100 000 inhabitants 192.92 210.3 199.7 211.44 234.61 232.59 247.23 260.71 271.55 266.76 233.75 <0.001
Age, mean (SD) 83.93 (6.01) 84.19 (5.99) 84.27 (6.07) 84.59 (5.94) 84.76 (5.95) 85.16 (5.88) 85.24 (5.87) 85.54 (5.75) 85.65 (5.69) 85.88 (5.79) 85.01 (5.91) <0.001
70–74 years old, n (%) 340 (7.57) 310 (6.09) 328 (6.54) 293 (5.51) 289 (4.81) 266 (4.39) 260 (4.03) 220 (3.2) 246 (3.43) 214(3) 2766 (4.64) <0.001
75–79 years old, n (%) 693 (15.44) 813 (15.98) 770 (15.34) 761 (14.32) 879 (14.63) 782 (12.89) 844 (13.09) 854 (12.41) 787 (10.98) 794 (11.15) 7977 (13.38)
80–84 years old, n (%) 1337 (29.78) 1486 (29.2) 1465 (29.19) 1544 (29.06) 1669 (27.78) 1609 (26.52) 1657 (25.7) 1718 (24.97) 1861 (25.97) 1758 (24.68) 16 104 (27.02)
≥85 years old, n (%) 2119 (47.2) 2480 (48.73) 2455 (48.92) 2715 (51.1) 3170 (52.77) 3409 (56.2) 3687 (57.18) 4089 (59.42) 4273 (59.62) 4358 (61.17) 32 755 (54.96)
Charlson Comorbidity Index 1, n (%) 1346 (29.98) 1640 (32.23) 1565 (31.19) 1615 (30.4) 1849 (30.78) 1746 (28.78) 1736 (26.92) 1808 (26.28) 1913 (26.69) 1772 (24.87) 16 990 (28.51) <0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index 2, n (%) 2065(46) 2264 (44.49) 2242 (44.68) 2382 (44.83) 2656 (44.22) 2734 (45.07) 2957 (45.86) 3093 (44.95) 3112 (43.42) 3131 (43.95) 26 636 (44.69)
Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥3, n (%) 1078 (24.01) 1185 (23.29) 1211 (24.13) 1316 (24.77) 1502(25) 1586 (26.15) 1755 (27.22) 1980 (28.77) 2142 (29.89) 2221 (31.18) 15 976 (26.8)
Previous stroke 2048 (45.62) 2333 (45.84) 2357 (46.97) 2406 (45.29) 2747 (45.73) 2906 (47.91) 3185 (49.4) 3427 (49.8) 3478 (48.53) 3552 (49.86) 28 439 (47.71) <0.001
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 1185 (26.4) 1311 (25.76) 1368 (27.26) 1447 (27.24) 1645 (27.38) 1634 (26.94) 1799 (27.9) 2015 (29.28) 2068 (28.85) 2021 (28.37) 16 493 (27.67) <0.001
Hypertension, n (%) 1889 (42.08) 2160 (42.44) 2196 (43.76) 2461 (46.32) 2759 (45.93) 2945 (48.55) 2988 (46.34) 3197 (46.46) 3409 (47.57) 3441 (48.3) 27 445 (46.05) <0.001
Malnutrition, n (%) 152 (3.39) 205 (4.03) 231 (4.6) 231 (4.35) 301 (5.01) 317 (5.23) 352 (5.46) 381 (5.54) 365 (5.09) 406 (5.7) 2941 (4.93) <0.001
Pneumonia, n (%) 783 (17.44) 988 (19.41) 898 (17.9) 916 (17.24) 1162 (19.34) 1180 (19.45) 1252 (19.42) 1299 (18.88) 1442 (20.12) 1350 (18.95) 11 270 (18.91) <0.001
Urinary tract infection, n (%) 871 (19.4) 999 (19.63) 1077 (21.46) 1070 (20.14) 1308 (21.77) 1394 (22.98) 1475 (22.88) 1634 (23.75) 1565 (21.84) 1681 (23.6) 13 074 (21.94) <0.001
Agitation, n (%) 13 (0.29) 18 (0.35) 19 (0.38) 15 (0.28) 27 (0.45) 20 (0.33) 21 (0.33) 41 (0.6) 21 (0.29) 31 (0.44) 226 (0.38) 0.103
Diabetes
N 2326 2553 2852 2920 3192 3525 3546 3841 3852 3899 32 506
Incidence 410.63 457.16 518.13 530.48 533.07 544.7 547.95 524.92 526.42 477.63 508.01 <0.001
Age, mean (SD) 82.01 (5.83) 82.21 (6.07) 82.43 (6.06) 82.75(6) 83.12(6) 83.16 (5.85) 83.35 (5.75) 83.72 (5.87) 83.68 (5.78) 84.15 (5.77) 83.17 (5.92) <0.001
70–74 years old, n (%) 270 (11.61) 287 (11.24) 297 (10.41) 292(10) 279 (8.74) 298 (8.45) 242 (6.82) 243 (6.33) 254 (6.59) 220 (5.64) 2682 (8.25) <0.001
75–79 years old, n (%) 530 (22.79) 584 (22.88) 634 (22.23) 582 (19.93) 645 (20.21) 667 (18.92) 692 (19.51) 710 (18.48) 669 (17.37) 600 (15.39) 6313 (19.42)
80–84 years old, n (%) 742 (31.9) 775 (30.36) 862 (30.22) 879 (30.1) 911 (28.54) 1063 (30.16) 1093 (30.82) 1144 (29.78) 1165 (30.24) 1179 (30.24) 9813 (30.19)
≥85 years old, n (%) 784 (33.71) 907 (35.53) 1059 (37.13) 1167 (39.97) 1357 (42.51) 1497 (42.47) 1519 (42.84) 1744 (45.4) 1764 (45.79) 1900 (48.73) 13 698 (42.14)
Charlson Comorbidity Index 1, n (%) 638 (27.43) 694 (27.18) 776 (27.21) 809 (27.71) 854 (26.75) 971 (27.55) 934 (26.34) 949 (24.71) 998 (25.91) 931 (23.88) 8554 (26.32) <0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index 2, n (%) 1064 (45.74) 1180 (46.22) 1269 (44.5) 1307 (44.76) 1434 (44.92) 1610 (45.67) 1599 (45.09) 1701 (44.29) 1632 (42.37) 1660 (42.58) 14 456 (44.47)
Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥3, n (%) 624 (26.83) 679 (26.6) 807 (28.3) 804 (27.53) 904 (28.32) 944 (26.78) 1013 (28.57) 1191 (31.01) 1222 (31.72) 1308 (33.55) 9496 (29.21)
Previous stroke 1138 (48.93) 1265 (49.55) 1413 (49.54) 1347 (46.13) 1587 (49.72) 1740 (49.36) 1749 (49.32) 1921 (50.01) 1872 (48.6) 1934 (49.6) 15 966 (49.12) 0.142
Atrial fibrillation, n (%) 594 (25.54) 671 (26.28) 747 (26.19) 798 (27.33) 880 (27.57) 932 (26.44) 920 (25.94) 977 (25.44) 1059 (27.49) 1118 (28.67) 8696 (26.75) 0.045
Hypertension, n (%) 1237 (53.18) 1429 (55.97) 1643 (57.61) 1672 (57.26) 1871 (58.62) 2106 (59.74) 2077 (58.57) 2159 (56.21) 2180 (56.59) 2177 (55.83) 18 551 (57.07) 0.000
Malnutrition, n (%) 41 (1.76) 82 (3.21) 105 (3.68) 107 (3.66) 123 (3.85) 163 (4.62) 126 (3.55) 173 (4.5) 167 (4.34) 162 (4.15) 1249 (3.84) 0.000
Pneumonia, n (%) 342 (14.7) 385 (15.08) 420 (14.73) 457 (15.65) 529 (16.57) 634 (17.99) 584 (16.47) 607 (15.8) 631 (16.38) 650 (16.67) 5239 (16.12) 0.011
Urinary tract infection, n (%) 518 (22.27) 592 (23.19) 720 (25.25) 703 (24.08) 814 (25.5) 920 (26.1) 879 (24.79) 966 (25.15) 971 (25.21) 962 (24.67) 8045 (24.75) 0.044
Agitation, n (%) 4 (0.17) 8 (0.31) 4 (0.14) 7 (0.24) 12 (0.38) 6 (0.17) 9 (0.25) 16 (0.42) 9 (0.23) 16 (0.41) 91 (0.28) 0.266

Analysis of the Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database from 2004 to 2013.

Charlson Comorbidity Index, excluding dementia and diabetes.

p Value for comparison by year.

Poisson regression model to assess trends in incidence rates, analysis of variance and Pearson'sχ2 for means and proportions respectively.

N, number of discharges.