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Table 1 Demographic, comorbidity and daily living characteristics of older adult patients admitted for acute cholecystitis

From: Characteristics and outcome of elderly patients admitted for acute Cholecystitis to medical or surgical wards

Characteristics

Total

n = 187 (%)

Surgery

n = 133 (%)

Medicine

n = 54 (%)

p

Gender- N

   

0.29

 Male

89 (48)

60 (45)

29 (54)

 

 Female

98 (52)

73 (55)

25 (46)

 

Age - Mean ± SD

80 ± 7.5

79 ± 7

84 ± 7

< 0.05

Age Group - N (%)

   

< 0.05

 65–74

38 (22)

33 (26)

5 (10)

 

 75–85

87 (49)

67 (52)

20 (42)

 

 > 85

52 (29)

29 (22)

23 (48)

 

Nursing home

22 (13)

9 (7)

13 (25)

< 0.05

Morbidity – Disease N (%)

    

 CRF

20 (11)

12 (9)

8 (15)

0.2

 CHF

27 (14)

13 (10)

14 (26)

< 0.05

 DM

51 (27)

31 (23)

20 (37)

0.06

 HTN

72 (38)

82 (62)

33 (61)

0.7

 CVA

30 (16)

11 (8)

19 (35)

< 0.05

 IHD

62 (33)

38 (29)

24 (44)

< 0.05

 COPD

11 (6)

3 (2)

8 (15)

< 0.05

Norton Scale Score (NSS)

16 (4)

17 (3)

13 (4)

< 0.05

NSS Criteriona

 Mentally Alert

97 (66)

78 (82)

19 (37)

< 0.05

 Full Mobility

54 (38)

47 (51)

7 (14)

< 0.05

 Continent

87 (61)

71 (78)

16 (31)

< 0.05

 Good Daily Activity

56 (42)

49 (60)

7 (14)

< 0.05

  1. CRF chronic renal failure, CHF congestive heart failure, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, CVA cerebrovascular accident, IHD ischemic heart disease, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  2. aDue to missing data, n = 146