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. 2020 Jan 13;20:19. doi: 10.1186/s12888-020-2433-8

Table 1.

Patient characteristics and in-hospital deaths

n (%) Deaths (%) p value
Total 6937 195 (2.8)
Sex <.001
 Male 361 (5.2) 22 (6.1)
 Female 6576 (94.8) 173 (2.6)
Age at first hospitalization 0.009
 12–15 1373 (19.8) 2 (0.0)
 16–19 942 (13.6) 7 (0.1)
 20–29 1262 (18.2) 18 (0.3)
 30–39 1305 (18.8) 41 (0.6)
 40–49 1060 (15.3) 41 (0.6)
 50–59 485 (7.0) 27 (0.4)
 60–69 196 (2.8) 17 (0.2)
 70–79 148 (2.1) 15 (0.2)
  ≥ 80 166 (2.4) 27 (0.4)
Proportion of actual weight to ideal weight (SD) <.001
61.5 (9.1) 55.0 (9.4)
Charlson Comorbidity Index <.001
 0 5913 (85.2) 127 (1.8)
 1 189 (2.7) 13 (0.2)
 2 724 (10.4) 38 (0.5)
  ≥ 3 111 (1.6) 17 (0.2)
Hospital Type <.001
 University 3047 (43.9) 163 (2.3)
 Non-university 3890 (56.1) 32 (0.5)
Frequency of hospitalization 0.128
 1 4940 (71.2) 154 (2.2)
 2 1141 (16.4) 23 (0.3)
 3 401 (5.8) 10 (0.1)
 4 210 (3.0) 2 (0.0)
 5 70 (1.0) 3 (0.0)
  ≥ 6 166 (2.4) 3 (0.0)
 Maximum 30 8
Physical status at admission
 Bradycardia 43 (0.6) 1 (0.0) 0.999
 Hypotension 146 (2.1) 34 (0.5) <.001
Other psychological disorder
 Anxiety disorder 678 (9.8) 7 (0.1) 0.002
 Mood disorder 898 (12.9) 20 (0.3) 0.329
 Schizophrenia 533 (7.7) 12 (0.2) 0.496
 Binge eating and purging 745 (10.7) 10 (0.1) 0.009