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. 2021 Feb 22;22(5):943–947.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.019

Supplementary Table 1.

Characteristics of Cases and Controls at the Pre-COVID-19 Assessment

Cases (n = 76) Controls (n = 76) P Value
Sex, female, n (%) 55 (72.4) 56 (73.7) .84
Age, y, mean ± SD 85.3 ± 7.4 85.3 ± 7.4 .70
Educational level, primary school or less, n (%) 36 (51.4) 45 (62.5) .17
Number of drugs, median (IQR) 7 (5, 10) 8 (6, 11) .47
Chronic diseases (moderate severity according to CIRS), n (%)
 Cardiac 41 (54.0) 31 (40.8) .13
 Hypertension 32 (42.1) 35 (46.1) .65
 Vascular/hematologic 36 (47.4) 34 (44.7) .75
 Respiratory 15 (19.7) 18 (23.7) .55
 Ophthalmologic and otorhinolaryngologic 19 (38.2) 17 (22.4) .03
 Upper gastrointestinal 30 (39.5) 47 (61.8) .01
 Lower gastrointestinal 26 (34.2) 26 (34.2) 1.00
 Hepatic and pancreatic 4 (5.3) 5 (6.6) .74
 Renal 6 (7.9) 4 (5.3) .53
 Genitourinary 53 (69.7) 60 (79.0) .21
 Musculoskeletal and dermatologic 48 (63.2) 60 (79.0) .04
 Neurologic (excluding dementia) 36 (47.4) 37 (48.7) .87
 Endocrine – metabolic 30 (39.5) 31 (40.8) .85
 Psychiatric/behavioral 71 (93.4) 70 (92.1) .76
CIRS-comorbidity index, median (IQR) 5 (4, 6) 5 (4, 7) .42
CIRS-severity index, median (IQR) 2.1 (1.9, 2.3) 2.2 (2, 2.3) .16
MMSE, mean ± SD 15.8 ± 7.2 17 ± 7.8 .23
 No. residents with available ratings n = 60 n = 61
Handgrip (kg), mean ± SD 8.7 ± 4.2 8.6 ± 5.7 .07
 No. residents with available ratings n = 31 n = 45
4-m walking test (m/s), mean ± SD 0.8 ± 0.2 0.5 ± 0.2 .10
 No. residents with available ratings n = 17 n = 23
Frail-NH score (range 0-13) 7.4 ± 3.4 7.8 ± 3.1 .79
Frailty (Frail-NH score >7), n (%) 47 (61.8) 52 (68.4) .34
Frailty, n (%) .43
 Nonfrail (Frail-NH score 0–1) 8 (10.5) 7 (9.2)
 Mild or moderate frailty (Frail-NH score 2–5) 14 (18.4) 9 (11.8)
 Most frail (Frail-NH score 6–14) 54 (71.1) 60 (79.0)

CIRS, cumulative illness rating scale; IQR, interquartile range; SD, standard deviation.