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. 2012 Jul 23;7(3):410–417. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-2659.2012.00405.x

Table 2.

Pre‐existing conditions of hospitalized patients who survived and patients who died according to age group (years), 2009, Santa Fe, Argentina

Pre‐existing condition Hospitalized patients 
Who survived 
(n = 158) Hospitalized patients 
Patients who died 
(n = 81) P‐value
<15 
n = 56 15–44 
n = 51 >45 
n = 51 Total 
no. (%) <15 
n = 12 15–44 
n = 28 >45 
n = 41 Total 
no. (%)
Obesity 1 5 6 (4) 11 21 32 (40) <0·001
Diabetes 4 6 10 (6) 3 12 15 (19) 0·002
Heart disease 10 10 (6) 2 1 9 12 (15) 0·02
Hypertension 5 21 26 (16) 1 4 26 31 (38) 0·03
Renal disease 3 4 7 (4) 3 6 9 (11) 0·04
Preterm  8 8 (5) 1 1 (1) 0·14
Chronic lung disease 18*  3** 10** 31 (20) 4 6 11 21 (26) 0·23
Cancer and/or immunosuppression  6*** 2 8 (5) 1 2 4 7 (7) 0·26
Other metabolic disorder 5 5 (3) 2 3 5 (6) 0·27
Pregnancy 11 11 (7) 3 3 (4) 0·32
Asthma  1 3 6 10 (6) 1 1 1 3 (4) 0·41
Neurologic disease  5 1 2 8 (5) 4 1 1 6 (7) 0·44
Total (any pre‐existing condition) 16 (28·6) 30 (58·6) 43 (84·3) 89 (56) 9 (75) 22 (78·6) 39 (95) 70 (86) <0·001

*Respiratory obstructive bronchitis and bronchopulmonary dysplasia.

**Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

***HIV, transplant.

Hypothyroidism, Cushi`s disease.