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Table 1 Summary of the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of patients with hospital admission due to lower respiratory tract viral infections in Spain (2013–2015)

From: Neighborhood environmental factors linked to hospitalizations of older people for viral lower respiratory tract infections in Spain: a case-crossover study

Description

Data

No.

6367

Gender (male)

3216 (50.51)

Age (years)

78.37 (78.18; 78.56)

Alcohol intake

1372 (21.55)

Smoker

495 (7.77)

Comorbidities

 

 Charlson index

2.14 (2.09; 2.18)

 Myocardial infarction

234 (3.68)

 Congestive heart failure

1250 (19.63)

 Peripheral vascular disease

347 (5.45)

 Cerebrovascular disease

393 (6.17)

 Dementia

287 (4.51)

 Chronic pulmonary disease

2184 (34.3)

 Rheumatic disease

207 (3.25)

 Peptic ulcer disease

33 (0.52)

 Mild liver disease

242 (3.8)

 Moderate or severe liver disease

34 (0.53)

 Diabetes without chronic complication

1856 (29.15)

 Diabetes with chronic complication

228 (3.58)

 Hemiplegia or paraplegia

19 (0.3)

 Renal disease

1121 (17.61)

 Any malignancy, including lymphoma and leukemia, except malignant neoplasm of skin

597 (9.38)

 Metastatic solid tumor

104 (1.63)

 AIDS/HIV

10 (0.16)

Clinical events during admission

 

 Emergency admission

6248 (98.13)

 Surgical condition

75 (1.18)

 ICU admission

1187 (18.64)

 Length of stay (days)

9.16 (8.94; 9.39)

 In-hospital death

474 (7.44)

Clinical discharge diagnosis

 

 Acute lower respiratory infection

6313 (99.15)

  Respiratory syncytial virus

134 (2.1)

  Influenza

5746 (90.25)

  Viral pneumonia

380 (5.97)

  Acute bronchiolitis

287 (4.51)

 Acute respiratory failure

2411 (37.87)

  1. Values are expressed as absolute number (percentage) and median (P25th; P75th)