Table 1.
Demographic characteristics and comorbidities through waves by ceiling of care
| Ceiling of care | No ceiling of care | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| N = 1831 | N = 1330 | N = 175 | N = 163 | N = 163 | N = 3982 | N = 2076 | N = 611 | N = 605 | N = 690 | |
| Age | 80.0 [74.0; 86.0] | 79.0 [72.0; 85.0] | 83.0 [78.0; 88.0] | 83.0 [78.0; 87.0] | 85.0 [80.0; 89.0] | 59.0 [48.0; 69.0] | 59.0 [49.0; 69.0] | 62.0 [53.0; 71.0] | 63.0 [53.0; 72.0] | 49.0 [37.0; 63.0] |
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Women | 796 (43.5%) | 565 (42.5%) | 75 (42.9%) | 81 (49.7%) | 75 (46.0%) | 1567 (39.4%) | 855 (41.2%) | 222 (36.3%) | 248 (41.0%) | 242 (35.1%) |
| Long-term facility | 278 (15.2%) | 223 (16.8%) | 20 (11.4%) | 20 (12.3%) | 15 (9.20%) | 104 (2.61%) | 64 (3.08%) | 19 (3.11%) | 17 (2.81%) | 4 (0.58%) |
| Race | ||||||||||
| Caucasian | 1267 (96.3%) | 795 (96.1%) | 164 (94.8%) | 154 (97.5%) | 154 (98.1%) | 2470 (75.3%) | 1206 (78.0%) | 394 (68.8%) | 464 (86.4%) | 406 (65.1%) |
| Other | 48 (3.65%) | 32 (3.87%) | 9 (5.20%) | 4 (2.53%) | 3 (1.91%) | 811 (24.7%) | 341 (22.0%) | 179 (31.2%) | 73 (13.6%) | 218 (34.9%) |
| Smoker | ||||||||||
| Ex-smoker | 460 (25.1%) | 326 (24.5%) | 39 (22.3%) | 44 (27.0%) | 51 (31.3%) | 765 (19.2%) | 379 (18.3%) | 138 (22.6%) | 151 (25.0%) | 97 (14.1%) |
| No | 1294 (70.7%) | 958 (72.0%) | 125 (71.4%) | 108 (66.3%) | 103 (63.2%) | 2988 (75.0%) | 1593 (76.7%) | 448 (73.3%) | 415 (68.6%) | 532 (77.1%) |
| Yes | 77 (4.21%) | 46 (3.46%) | 11 (6.29%) | 11 (6.75%) | 9 (5.52%) | 229 (5.75%) | 104 (5.01%) | 25 (4.09%) | 39 (6.45%) | 61 (8.84%) |
| Alcohol consumption | 72 (3.93%) | 42 (3.16%) | 13 (7.43%) | 12 (7.36%) | 5 (3.07%) | 138 (3.47%) | 57 (2.75%) | 28 (4.58%) | 26 (4.30%) | 27 (3.91%) |
| Obesity (BMI > 30) | 451 (30.7%) | 285 (29.4%) | 51 (29.1%) | 65 (39.9%) | 50 (30.7%) | 1296 (36.2%) | 579 (34.6%) | 221 (36.2%) | 248 (41.0%) | 248 (35.9%) |
| Hypertension | 1274 (69.6%) | 881 (66.2%) | 137 (78.3%) | 124 (76.1%) | 132 (81.0%) | 1529 (38.4%) | 792 (38.2%) | 266 (43.5%) | 295 (48.8%) | 176 (25.5%) |
| Diabetes mellitus | 588 (32.1%) | 414 (31.1%) | 61 (34.9%) | 54 (33.1%) | 59 (36.2%) | 764 (19.2%) | 418 (20.1%) | 124 (20.3%) | 126 (20.8%) | 96 (13.9%) |
| COPD | 488 (26.7%) | 325 (24.4%) | 54 (30.9%) | 49 (30.1%) | 60 (36.8%) | 611 (15.3%) | 274 (13.2%) | 108 (17.7%) | 119 (19.7%) | 110 (15.9%) |
| Heart failure | 298 (16.3%) | 194 (14.6%) | 37 (21.1%) | 31 (19.0%) | 36 (22.1%) | 120 (3.01%) | 50 (2.41%) | 18 (2.95%) | 27 (4.46%) | 25 (3.62%) |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 241 (13.2%) | 164 (12.3%) | 24 (13.7%) | 29 (17.8%) | 24 (14.7%) | 125 (3.14%) | 66 (3.18%) | 22 (3.60%) | 23 (3.80%) | 14 (2.03%) |
| Dementia | 324 (17.7%) | 204 (15.3%) | 43 (24.6%) | 35 (21.5%) | 42 (25.8%) | 73 (1.83%) | 43 (2.07%) | 16 (2.62%) | 12 (1.98%) | 2 (0.29%) |
| Mild renal insufficiency | 343 (18.7%) | 234 (17.6%) | 42 (24.0%) | 26 (16.0%) | 41 (25.2%) | 177 (4.44%) | 83 (4.00%) | 27 (4.42%) | 42 (6.94%) | 25 (3.62%) |
| Charlson index | 5.00 [4.00; 7.00] | 5.00 [4.00; 7.00] | 6.00 [5.00; 8.00] | 6.00 [5.00; 7.00] | 6.00 [5.00; 7.00] | 2.00 [1.00; 3.00] | 2.00 [1.00; 3.00] | 2.00 [1.00; 4.00] | 3.00 [1.00; 4.00] | 1.00 [0.00; 3.00] |
Data are presented as median [Q1; Q3] or N (%)
BMI body mass index