Table 2.
Clinical characteristics of patients with and without event
| No mortality or Palliative Care (N = 3698) |
Mortality or Palliative Care (N = 1108) |
Total (N = 4806) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Presentation | ||||
| Age, years | 65 [56–74] | 76 [70–82] | 69 [58–77] | < 0.001 |
| Female | 1423 (39%) | 332 (30%) | 1755 (37%) | < 0.001 |
| BMI, kgm−2 | 27.5 [24.7–30.8] | 26.8 [24.1–30.5] | 27.3 [24.5–30.8] | 0.010 |
| Temperature, °C | 37.8 ± 1.1 | 37.8 ± 1.1 | 37.8 ± 1.1 | 0.454 |
| Heart rate, bpm | 89 [78–100] | 90 [77–103] | 89 [77–101] | 0.087 |
| Systolic BP, mmHg | 135 ± 22 | 134 ± 25 | 135 ± 23 | 0.301 |
| Diastolic BP, mmHg | 77 ± 14 | 73 ± 16 | 77 ± 15 | < 0.001 |
| Breathing rate, rpm | 20 [17–25] | 24 [19–28] | 22 [18–26] | < 0.001 |
| Oxygen saturation, So2% | 95 [93–97] | 94 [91–96] | 95 [92–97] | < 0.001 |
| Medical History | ||||
| Hypertension | 1979 (54%) | 777 (70%) | 2756 (57%) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes Mellitus | 835 (23%) | 378 (34%) | 1213 (25%) | < 0.001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 1479 (40%) | 588 (53%) | 2067 (43%) | < 0.001 |
| Chronic Kidney Disease | 311 (8%) | 208 (19%) | 519 (11%) | < 0.001 |
| COPD | 389 (11%) | 190 (17%) | 579 (12%) | < 0.001 |
| Cardiac disease | 1170 (32%) | 536 (48%) | 1706 (36%) | < 0.001 |
| Arrhyth./Conduc. | 509 (14%) | 263 (24%) | 772 (16%) | < 0.001 |
| Heart Failure | 168 (5%) | 106 (10%) | 274 (6%) | < 0.001 |
| Coronary Artery Disease | 540 (15%) | 283 (26%) | 823 (17%) | < 0.001 |
| Valvular Heart Disease | 155 (4%) | 96 (9%) | 251 (5%) | < 0.001 |
| Comorbidity count | < 0.001 | |||
| 0 comorbidities | 1164 (32%) | 159 (14%) | 1323 (28%) | |
| 1–2 comorbidities | 1354 (37%) | 384 (35%) | 1738 (36%) | |
| > 2 comorbidities | 1180 (32%) | 565 (51%) | 1745 (36%) | |
Arrhyth arrhythmias, BMI body mass index, BP blood pressure, Conduc conduction disorders, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease