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Table 1 Description of general population, diabetes, and osteoporosis full and age-restricted cohorts

From: Comparing comorbidity measures for predicting mortality and hospitalization in three population-based cohorts

 

General Population

Diabetes

Osteoporosis

Variable

Full (n= 662,423)

65+ years (n= 137,700)

Full (n= 41,925)

65+ years (n= 20,025)

Full (n= 28,068)

65+ years

(n= 20,090)

DEMOGRAPHICS

      

Age, mean (SD)

47.9 (17.9)

75.3 (7.3)

62.4 (15.0)

75.2 (6.9)

71.6 (10.8)

77.0 (7.4)

Female, %

51.3

56.8

47.8

49.7

86.1

87.1

Urban residence, %

58.2

51.1

51.8

49.5

58.0

56.8

Missing

0.2

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

0.1

Income quintile, %

      

Q1 (lowest)

21.6

22.2

26.1

24.7

22.2

23.3

Q2

22.0

23.6

23.0

23.6

22.3

22.7

Q3

18.2

18.7

17.0

18.3

18.7

19.2

Q4

16.6

15.8

14.8

15.0

17.0

16.5

Q5 (highest)

20.4

18.4

17.9

17.2

18.9

17.5

Missing

1.2

1.3

1.2

1.3

1.0

0.8

OUTCOMES

      

Death, %

1.3

5.1

4.3

7.5

4.7

6.1

One or more hospitalizations, %

17.4

31.8

31.9

39.9

33.9

37.2

Two or more hospitalizations, %

5.1

12.6

13.2

17.9

14.8

16.9

COMORBIDITY MEASURES

      

# Diagnoses,

mean (SD)

3.9 (4.4)

6.3 (5.6)

7.5 (6.4)

8.4 (6.7)

8.0 (6.2)

8.5 (6.4)

Charlson index

summary score, mean (SD)

0.3 (0.9)

0.7 (1.5)

0.8 (1.5)

1.1 (1.8)

0.8 (1.5)

0.9 (1.5)

# Drugs, mean (SD)

1.8 (1.0)

2.5 (1.2)

5.1 (3.9)

6.1 (3.9)

4.1 (2.4)

4.4 (2.4)

CDS, mean (SD)

1.4 (2.6)

3.3 (3.4)

4.8 (3.8)

5.6 (3.7)

3.6 (3.6)

4.0 (3.6)