Table 2.

Comparison of the New Zealand Cohort with the Danish Cohort at Baseline

	Aotearoa New Zealand		Denmark
	Male	Female	Male	Female
Number of patients in study	10	20	81	119
Mean (sd) age (years)	71.8 (10.0)	70.5 (12.0)	72.0 (8.2)	69.8 (8.8)
Number admitted to hospital at baseline	30		99
Admissions at baseline	80		198
Weighted mean (sd) days in hospital per admission	5.69 (4.69)		5.49 (5.13)
Weighted mean (sd) hospital admission cost (NZD)	$8699 ($6351)		$8509 ($7470)

Abbreviation: sd, standard deviation.