Table 1.
Demographic and Clinical Characteristicsa
| Variable | ALF Residents (n=404) |
Community Dwellers (n=404) |
P Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), y | 86.8 (6.4) | 86.8 (6.4) | .97 |
| Sex, female | 125 (30.9) | 125 (30.9) | |
| Race | .06 | ||
| White | 399 (98.8) | 386 (95.5) | |
| Other | 5 (1.2) | 18 (4.5) | |
| Marital status | <.001 | ||
| Married | 120 (29.7) | 187 (46.3) | |
| Widowed | 242 (59.9) | 182 (45.0) | |
| Single | 16 (4.0) | 13 (3.2) | |
| Divorced | 25 (6.2) | 21 (5.2) | |
| Other | 1 (0.2) | 0 | |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index, mean (SD) | 5.94 (1.99) | 5.70 (2.00) | .09 |
| Comorbid conditions | |||
| Anemia | 179 (44.3) | 138 (34.2) | <.01 |
| CHF | 108 (26.7) | 87 (21.5) | .08 |
| Cirrhosis | 2 (0.5) | 3 (0.7) | .65 |
| CKD | 102 (25.2) | 90 (22.3) | .32 |
| COPD | 66 (16.3) | 69 (17.1) | .78 |
| Dementia | 137 (33.9) | 34 (8.4) | <.001 |
| Depression | 133 (32.9) | 62 (15.3) | <.001 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 105 (26.0) | 99 (24.5) | .63 |
| MI/CHD | 161 (39.9) | 148 (36.6) | .35 |
| Non-skin cancer | 56 (13.9) | 12 (3.0) | <.001 |
| Parkinson disease | 29 (7.2) | 7 (1.7) | <.001 |
| Pneumonia | 84 (20.8) | 48 (11.9) | <.001 |
| Sepsis | 32 (7.9) | 12 (3.0) | .002 |
| Stroke | 40 (9.9) | 31 (7.7) | .26 |
Abbreviations: ALF, assisted living facility; CHD, coronary heart disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; CKD, chronic kidney disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MI, myocardial infarction.
a
Data presented as No. (%) unless otherwise specified.