Table 3.
Patient characteristics
| Characteristic | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All departments (n = 192) | Pulmonology (n = 80) | Hematology (n = 56) | Internal medicine (n = 56) | P-value | |
| Age, years, median (range) | 57.9 (18.3–94.1) | 54.6 (18.3–79.5) | 55.9 (21.0–87.6) | 62.2 (29.4–94.2) | 0.002 |
| Female sex | 80 (41.6) | 32 (40) | 25 (44.6) | 23 (41) | 0.86 |
| Charlson comorbidity index, median (range) | 2 (0–8) | 1 (0–8) | 2 (0–6) | 2 (0–7) | 0.15 |
| Myocardial infarction | 10 (5.2) | 3 (3.7) | 3 (5.4) | 4 (7.1) | 0.71 |
| Congestive cardiac insufficiency | 16 (8.3) | 7 (8.7) | 1 (1.8) | 8 (14.2) | 0.13 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 12 (6.2) | 2 (2.5) | 1 (1.8) | 9 (16) | 0.006 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 78 (40.6) | 64 (80) | 5 (8.9) | 9 (16) | < 0.001 |
| Conjuctive tissue disease | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n.a |
| Diabetes without complications | 27 (14) | 11 (13.7) | 2 (3.6) | 14 (25) | 0.017 |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 2 (1) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 1 (1.8) | 0.50 |
| Chronic disease of the liver or cirrhosis | 3 (1.6) | 0 | 0 | 3 (5.4) | 0.07 |
| Hemiplegia | 2 (1) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 1 (1.8) | 0.67 |
| Moderate or severe kidney disease | 22 (11.5) | 11 (13.7) | 4 (7.1) | 7 (12.5) | 0.47 |
| Diabetes with chronic complications | 6 (3.1) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 5 (8.9) | 0.035 |
| Solid organ malignancy | 12 (6.2) | 4 (5) | 1 (1.8) | 7 (12.5) | 0.054 |
| Leukemia | 20 (10.4) | 1 (1.2) | 19 (33.9) | 0 | < 0.001 |
| Lymphoma | 7 (3.6) | 1 (1.2) | 5 (8.9) | 1 (1.8) | 0.10 |
| Moderate or severe liver disease | 16 (8.3) | 7 (8.7) | 4 (7.1) | 5 (8.9) | 0.81 |
| Malignant tumor, metastasis | 5 (2.6) | 4 (5) | 0 | 1 (1.8) | 0.30 |
| AIDS | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 (1.8) | 1 (1.8) | 0.49 |
| Dementia | 1 (0.5) | 1 (1.2) | 0 | 0 | 0.59 |
Data are n (%), unless indicated otherwise
Abbreviations: n.a. not applicable, AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome