Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics stratified by year of hospitalization.

	2019 N = 216 pts.	2020 N = 103 pts	p value
Age, n, mean (SD)	65.1 (18.8)	65.4 (17.7)	0.9
Female sex, n, %	110 (50.9)	40 (38.8)	0.04*
Arterial hypertension, n, %	133 (61.6)	62 (60.2)	0.8
Diabetes, n, %	35 (16.3)	24 (23.3)	0.13
Cardiopathy, n, %	61 (28.2)	32 (31.1)	0.6
COPD, n, %	16 (7.4)	8 (7.8)	0.9
History of cancer, n, %	26 (12)	15 (14.6)	0.5
Obesity, n, %	7 (3.2)	7 (6.8)	0.1
Neurodegenerative disease, n, %	23 (10.6)	16 (15.5)	0.2
Chronic kidney failure, n, %	9 (4.2)	6 (5.8)	0.5
Peripheral arterial disease, n, %	12 (5.6)	16 (15.5)	0.003*
History of previous stroke, n, %	22 (10.2)	12 (11.9)	0.6
History of MS or autoimmune disease, n, %	9 (4.2)	6 (5.9)	0.5
Number of comorbidities, n, mean (SD)	1.6 (1.3)	1.9 (1.5)	0.06
Length of hospitalization, n (SD)	14.2 (14.3)	11.4 (8.4)	0.2
Number of invasive devices, n, mean (SD)	1.5 (0.7)	1.7 (0.6)	0.002*
Central venous catheters, n, %	20 (9.3)	10 (9.7)	0.9
Number of antibiotics, n, mean (SD)	0.75 (1.5)	0.63 (1.3)	0.039*
Subjects admitted for stroke, n, %	114 (52.8)	48 (46.6)	0.3

Abbreviations: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; MS = multiple sclerosis; SD = standard deviation. * p value less than 0.05.