Table 1.

Basic characteristics of hospitalized men with hypertension and dead ones. 5.9% is dead; from whom, only 0.6% patients present isolate hypertension.

Index	Men	Dead men
Sample (n, %)	14354, 100%	846, 5.9%
Mean age (years)	68.9 ± 12.4	75.9 ± 9.5
Hospital stay (days)	13.5 ± 15.5	19.1 ± 37.7
Age group (%)
≦44	4.3	0.4
45–59	19.9	7.0
60–74	41.4	28.5
75–89	32.9	59.5
≧90	1.5	4.7
Isolate hypertension (n, %)	1778, 12.4%	5, 0.6%