Table 1.
Participant characteristics (n=521).
| Characteristics | Data | |
| Sex, n (%) | ||
| Female | 203 (38.9) | |
| Male | 318 (61.1) | |
| Age (years), mean (SD), 95% CI | 70.4 (10.3), 68.9-71.9 | |
| Hospital admissions during the year, n (%) | ||
| 0 | 374 (71.7) | |
| ≥1 | 147 (28.3) | |
| No. of drugs prescribed, mean (SD), 95% CI | 8.25 (4.0), 7.65-8.85 | |
| Disease typea, n | ||
| Heart failure | 182 | |
| COPDb | 178 | |
| Diabetes | 333 | |
| Arterial hypertension | 396 | |
| No. of conditions, n | ||
| 1 | 9 | |
| 2 | 347 | |
| 3 | 141 | |
| 4 | 24 | |
aParticipants could have more than 1 disease.
bCOPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.