|
Included |
External
Drop-out |
P-value |
|
n=166 |
n=53 |
|
| Age, mean (SD) |
48.5 (22.3) |
50.4 (22.9) |
0.586 |
| Age group |
|
|
0.574 |
| <70 years, (%) |
122 (73) |
41 (77) |
|
| >70 years, (%) |
44 (27) |
12 (23) |
|
| Sex |
|
|
<0.0005 |
| Men |
106 (64) |
18 (34) |
|
| Women |
60 (36) |
35 (66) |
|
| Days since hospital admission, median (q1-q3) |
6 (3-14) |
12 (5-28) |
0.001 |
| Distribution of patients within specialties, % |
|
| Medicine |
22 |
| Surgery |
42 |
| Orthopaedic |
10 |
| Neurology |
7 |
| Cardiology |
11 |
| Urology |
8 |
|
|
| Distribution of patients according to most common diagnostic categories, % |
|
| Orthopaedic |
22 |
| Trauma |
19 |
| Gastrointestinal |
16 |
| Neurological |
8 |
| Pulmonary |
7 |
ANOVA, Chi-square test, Mann Whitney U-test
q1-q3 = first-third quartile |
