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. 2022 Jul 7;10:928174. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.928174

Table 1.

Hospitalization in COVID-19 confirmed institutionalized patients over 64 years of age.

Global (N = 4,632) No hospitalization (N = 2,860) Hospitalization (N = 1,772) p
Sex <0.001*
  Male 1,621 (35.00%) 865 (30.24%) 756 (42.66%)
  Female 3,011 (65.00%) 1,995 (69.76%) 1,016 (57.34%)
Age 0.058
  65–79 760 (16.41%) 493 (17.24%) 267 (15.07%)
  ≥80 3,872 (83.59%) 2,367 (82.76%) 1,505 (84.93%)
Socioeconomic level <0.001*
  Mutualist 160 (3.45%) 121 (4.23%) 39 (2.20%)
  Pensioner <18,000€/year 3,639 (78.56%) 2,260 (79.02%) 1,379 (77.82%)
  Pensioner ≥ 18,000€/year 611 (13.19%) 337 (11.78%) 274 (15.46%)
  Free medicines 184 (3.97%) 114 (3.99%) 70 (3.95%)
  Other 38 (0.82%) 28 (0.98%) 10 (0.56%)
Number of diseases (a) 6.00 (4.00; 8.00) 6.00 (4.00; 8.00) 6.00 (5.00; 8.00) <0.001*
Complexity (a) 3.00 (2.00; 4.00) 3.00 (2.00; 4.00) 3.00 (2.00; 4.00) 0.003*
Diagnosis
  Diabetes mellitus 1,166 (25.99%) 668 (24.31%) 498 (28.64%) 0.001*
  Obesity 440 (9.50%) 343 (12.48%) 229 (13.17%) 0.531
  Hypertension 3,237 (72.14%) 1,966 (71.54%) 1,271 (73.09%) 0.275
  Stroke 654 (14.58%) 382 (13.90%) 272 (15.64%) 0.117
  Ischemic heart disease 460 (10.25%) 254 (9.24%) 206 (11.85%) 0.006*
  Heart failure 578 (12.88%) 321 (11.68%) 257 (14.78%) 0.003*
  COPD 453 (10.10%) 243 (8.84%) 210 (12.08%) 0.001*
  Chronic kidney disease 1,258 (28.04%) 716 (26.06%) 542 (31.17%) <0.001*
  Depression 1,269 (28.28%) 771 (28.06%) 498 (28.64%) 0.699
  Dementia 1,494 (33.30%) 928 (33.77%) 566 (32.55%) 0.416

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics.

N, number; p, statistical significance; a, results expressed as median and interquartile range; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

*Statistically significant results.