Table 2.
Clinical data over 1 year before admission
| Older adult group n = 41 |
Younger group n = 140 |
P | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Number of acute attacks | < 0.001 | ||
| ≤ 1 | 6 (14.6) | 79 (56.4) | |
| 2 | 24 (58.5) | 44 (31.4) | |
| ≥ 3 | 11 (26.8) | 17 (12.1) | |
| Emergency visits to our hospital | 0.192 | ||
| Yes | 22 (53.7) | 59 (42.1) | |
| No | 19 (46.3) | 81 (57.9) | |
| Number of hospitalizations in our hospital | 0.031 | ||
| 0 | 28 (68.3) | 104 (74.3) | |
| 1 | 13 (31.7) | 24 (17.1) | |
| ≥ 2 | 0 | 12 (8.6) | |
| Regular use of ICS | 0.38 | ||
| Yes | 15 (36.6) | 62 (44.3) | |
| No | 26 (63.4) | 78 (55.7) | |
| ACT score | 0.001 | ||
| < 15 | 14 (34.2) | 27 (19.3) | |
| 15–20 | 24 (58.5) | 59 (42.1) | |
| > 20 | 3 (7.3) | 54 (38.6) | |
All data are shown as n (%)