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Comorbidities in the study population.
| Variable | Elderly (n Patients, %) |
Non-Elderly (n Patients, %) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac comorbidities | <0.001 | ||
| No | 180 (81.1%) | 504 (93.9%) | |
| yes | 42 (18.9%) | 33 (6.1%) | |
| COPD I–III | 0.2 | ||
| No | 204 (92.3%) | 480 (89.4%) | |
| yes | 17 (7.7%) | 57 (10.6%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | 0.008 | ||
| No | 198 (89.2%) | 506 (94.6%) | |
| yes | 24 (10.8%) | 29 (5.4%) |
Abbreviations: COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
