作者
S Corrao, P Santalucia, C Argano, CD Djade, E Barone, M Tettamanti, L Pasina, C Franchi, T Kamal Eldin, A Marengoni, F Salerno, M Marcucci, PM Mannucci, A Nobili, RePoSI Investigators
发表日期
2014/9/1
期刊
European journal of internal medicine
卷号
25
期号
7
页码范围
617-623
出版商
Elsevier
简介
Background and purpose
Women live longer and outnumber men. On the other hand, older women develop more chronic diseases and conditions such as arthritis, osteoporosis and depression, leading to a greater number of years of living with disabilities. The aim of this study was to describe whether or not there are gender differences in the demographic profile, disease distribution and outcome in a population of hospitalized elderly people.
Methods
Retrospective observational study including all patients recruited for the REPOSI study in the year 2010. Analyses are referred to the whole group and gender categorization was applied.
Results
A total of 1380 hospitalized elderly subjects, 50.5% women and 49.5% men, were considered. Women were older than men, more often widow and living alone or in nursing homes. Disease distribution showed that malignancy, diabetes, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney …
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