Glomerular filtration rate and comorbidity factors in elderly hospitalizations

Table 3 Reason for hospitalization and comorbidity factors relationship, n (%)

Reason for hospitalization	None	MDS	Diabetes	Alzheimer’s	CAD	CVO	Arterial hypertension	COPD	Cancer	P value1
Anemia	69 (35.8)	24 (12.4)	24 (12.4)	14 (7.3)	7 (3.6)	2 (1.0)	44 (22.8)	4 (2.1)	5 (2.6)	0.01
Hyperglycemia	2 (2.4)	1 (1.2)	78 (92.9)	0	0	0	3 (3.6)	0	0	0.506
Pneumonia	6 (31.6)	0	7 (36.8)	0	0	0	5 (26.3)	1 (5.3)	0	0.545
Urine infection	18 (38.3)	0	4 (8.5)	5 (10.6)	4 (8.5)	3 (6.4)	13 (27.7)	0	0	0.02
Hyponatremia	3 (9.4)	0	4 (12.5)	3 (9.4)	2 (6.3)	0	17 (53.1)	1 (3.1)	2 (6.3)	0.07
Malnutrition	37 (29.6)	0	15 (12.0)	18 (14.4)	5 (4.0)	0	46 (36.8)	2 (1.6)	2 (1.6)	0.01
Acute renal failure	5 (7.7)	0	21 (32.3)	3 (4.6)	3 (4.6)	4 (6.2)	27 (41.5)	0	2 (3.1)	0.01
Hypernatremia	1 (25.0)	0	0	1 (25.0)	0	1 (25.0)	1 (25.0)	0	0	0.037
Hypoglycemia	1 (8.3)	0	10 (83.3)	0	0	0	1 (8.3)	0	0	0.14
Polycythemia	0	0	0	0	0	0	8 (100.0)	0	0	0.08
Gastroenteritis	5 (45.5)	0	3 (27.3)	0	0	0	3 (27.3)	0	0	0.835

¹Pearson χ²-tests.

MDS: Myelodysplastic syndrome; CAD: Coronary artery disease; CVO: Cerebrovascular disease; COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.