Table 2.
Comorbidities, admitting services, and mortality according to the age groups
| Variable | Overall n = 1506 | < 25 yrs (13.6%) | 25–34 yrs (30.9%) | 35–44 yrs (28.4%) | 45–54 yrs (17.4%) | ≥ 55 yrs (9.7%) | P-value |
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| Hypertension | 264/972 (27.2) | 1/137 (0.7) | 15/292 (5.1) | 76/279 (27.2) | 90/157 (57.3) | 82/107 (76.6) | 0.001 |
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| Diabetes mellitus | 215/950 (22.6) | 0/137 (0.0) | 23/301 (7.6) | 50/260 (19.2) | 75/157 (47.8) | 67/95 (70.5) | 0.001 |
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| Liver disease | 98/755 (13.0) | 0/122 (0.0) | 1/259 (0.4) | 38/218 (17.4) | 33/95 (34.7) | 26/61 (42.6) | 0.001 |
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| IHD | 73/759 (9.6) | 0/127 (0.0) | 5/264 (1.9) | 5/199 (2.5) | 31/103 (30.1) | 32/66 (48.5) | 0.001 |
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| Cardiac arrest | 18/703 (2.6) | 1/128 (0.8) | 4/260 (1.5) | 2/192 (1.0) | 7/82 (8.5) | 4/41 (9.8) | 0.001 |
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| Cardiac arrhythmia | 24/696 (3.4) | 1/123 (0.8) | 1/260 (0.4) | 2/189 (1.1) | 8/83 (9.6) | 12/41 (29.3) | 0.001 |
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| Congestive heart failure | 16/705 (2.3) | 0/128 (0.0) | 1/259 (0.4) | 1/192 (0.5) | 6/82 (7.3) | 8/44 (18.2) | 0.001 |
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| Atrial fibrillation | 68/75 (90.7) | 3/3 (100) | 8/10 (80.0) | 19/20 (95.0) | 20/23 (87.0) | 18/19 (94.7) | 0.58 |
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| Thiamine (Vit B1) | 750/1314 (57.1) | 99/185 (53.5) | 250/419 (59.7) | 213/370 (57.6) | 120/209 (57.4) | 68/131 (51.9) | 0.466 |
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| Benzodiazepine | 337/1309 (25.7) | 46/183 (25.1) | 95/420 (22.6) | 93/368 (25.3) | 64/207 (30.9) | 39/131 (29.8) | 0.182 |
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| Emergency short stay | 1124/1312 (85.7) | 145/177 (81.9) | 335/407 (82.3) | 329/372 (88.4) | 208/232 (89.7) | 107/124 (86.3) | 0.025 |
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| Trauma room | 279/1376 (20.3) | 50/188 (26.6) | 121/437 (27.7) | 61/376 (16.2) | 26/250 (10.4) | 21/125 (16.8) | 0.001 |
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| Medical/surgical ward | 140/1276 (11.0) | 20/180 (11.1) | 37/405 (9.1) | 40/344 (11.6) | 28/230 (12.2) | 15/12.8 (12.8) | 0.680 |
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| Cardiac ward | 24/1263 (1.9) | 0/175 (0.0) | 0/403 (0.0) | 6/344 (1.7) | 6/230 (2.6) | 12/111 (10.8) | 0.001 |
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| Trauma ICU | 87/1319 (6.6) | 18/180 (10.0) | 36/409 (8.2) | 16/361 (4.4) | 10/247 (4.0) | 7/122 (5.7) | 0.017 |
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| Medical ICU | 29/1276 (2.3) | 2/178 (1.1) | 3/404 (0.7) | 10/340 (2.9) | 6/238 (2.5) | 8/116 (6.9) | 0.002 |
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| Surgical ICU | 20/1282 (1.6) | 3/178 (1.7) | 2/404 (0.5) | 7/341 (2.1) | 6/243 (2.5) | 2/116 (1.7) | 0.301 |
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| Cardiac ICU | 7/1252 (0.6) | 1/176 (0.6) | 1/404 (0.2) | 1/339 (0.3) | 1/232 (0.4) | 3/101 (3.0) | 0.019 |
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| Psychiatric consultation (%) | 150/1087 (13.8) | 17/158 (10.8) | 35/354 (9.9) | 46/279 (16.5) | 36/199 (18.1) | 16/97 (16.5) | 0.025 |
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| Mortality (%) | 98/1492 (6.6) | 2/200 (1.0) | 6/463 (1.3) | 27/425 (6.4) | 43/260 (16.5) | 20/144 (13.9) | 0.001 |
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IHD: ischemic heart disease, ICU: intensive care unit, the percentage is given in bracket