Table 2

Characteristic, Charlson Comorbidity Index and clinical conditions among women with and without type 2 diabetes hospitalised with vascular dementia

2004200520062007200820092010201120122013Totalp-value
No diabetes
N448950895018531360076066644868817167712459 602
Incidence per 100 000 inhabitants192.92210.3199.7211.44234.61232.59247.23260.71271.55266.76233.75<0.001
Age, mean (SD)83.93 (6.01)84.19 (5.99)84.27 (6.07)84.59 (5.94)84.76 (5.95)85.16 (5.88)85.24 (5.87)85.54 (5.75)85.65 (5.69)85.88 (5.79)85.01 (5.91)<0.001
70–74 years old, n (%)340 (7.57)310 (6.09)328 (6.54)293 (5.51)289 (4.81)266 (4.39)260 (4.03)220 (3.2)246 (3.43)214(3)2766 (4.64)<0.001
75–79 years old, n (%)693 (15.44)813 (15.98)770 (15.34)761 (14.32)879 (14.63)782 (12.89)844 (13.09)854 (12.41)787 (10.98)794 (11.15)7977 (13.38)
80–84 years old, n (%)1337 (29.78)1486 (29.2)1465 (29.19)1544 (29.06)1669 (27.78)1609 (26.52)1657 (25.7)1718 (24.97)1861 (25.97)1758 (24.68)16 104 (27.02)
≥85 years old, n (%)2119 (47.2)2480 (48.73)2455 (48.92)2715 (51.1)3170 (52.77)3409 (56.2)3687 (57.18)4089 (59.42)4273 (59.62)4358 (61.17)32 755 (54.96)
Charlson Comorbidity Index 1, n (%)1346 (29.98)1640 (32.23)1565 (31.19)1615 (30.4)1849 (30.78)1746 (28.78)1736 (26.92)1808 (26.28)1913 (26.69)1772 (24.87)16 990 (28.51)<0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index 2, n (%)2065(46)2264 (44.49)2242 (44.68)2382 (44.83)2656 (44.22)2734 (45.07)2957 (45.86)3093 (44.95)3112 (43.42)3131 (43.95)26 636 (44.69)
Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥3, n (%)1078 (24.01)1185 (23.29)1211 (24.13)1316 (24.77)1502(25)1586 (26.15)1755 (27.22)1980 (28.77)2142 (29.89)2221 (31.18)15 976 (26.8)
Previous stroke2048 (45.62)2333 (45.84)2357 (46.97)2406 (45.29)2747 (45.73)2906 (47.91)3185 (49.4)3427 (49.8)3478 (48.53)3552 (49.86)28 439 (47.71)<0.001
Atrial fibrillation, n (%)1185 (26.4)1311 (25.76)1368 (27.26)1447 (27.24)1645 (27.38)1634 (26.94)1799 (27.9)2015 (29.28)2068 (28.85)2021 (28.37)16 493 (27.67)<0.001
Hypertension, n (%)1889 (42.08)2160 (42.44)2196 (43.76)2461 (46.32)2759 (45.93)2945 (48.55)2988 (46.34)3197 (46.46)3409 (47.57)3441 (48.3)27 445 (46.05)<0.001
Malnutrition, n (%)152 (3.39)205 (4.03)231 (4.6)231 (4.35)301 (5.01)317 (5.23)352 (5.46)381 (5.54)365 (5.09)406 (5.7)2941 (4.93)<0.001
Pneumonia, n (%)783 (17.44)988 (19.41)898 (17.9)916 (17.24)1162 (19.34)1180 (19.45)1252 (19.42)1299 (18.88)1442 (20.12)1350 (18.95)11 270 (18.91)<0.001
Urinary tract infection, n (%)871 (19.4)999 (19.63)1077 (21.46)1070 (20.14)1308 (21.77)1394 (22.98)1475 (22.88)1634 (23.75)1565 (21.84)1681 (23.6)13 074 (21.94)<0.001
Agitation, n (%)13 (0.29)18 (0.35)19 (0.38)15 (0.28)27 (0.45)20 (0.33)21 (0.33)41 (0.6)21 (0.29)31 (0.44)226 (0.38)0.103
Diabetes
N232625532852292031923525354638413852389932 506
Incidence410.63457.16518.13530.48533.07544.7547.95524.92526.42477.63508.01<0.001
Age, mean (SD)82.01 (5.83)82.21 (6.07)82.43 (6.06)82.75(6)83.12(6)83.16 (5.85)83.35 (5.75)83.72 (5.87)83.68 (5.78)84.15 (5.77)83.17 (5.92)<0.001
70–74 years old, n (%)270 (11.61)287 (11.24)297 (10.41)292(10)279 (8.74)298 (8.45)242 (6.82)243 (6.33)254 (6.59)220 (5.64)2682 (8.25)<0.001
75–79 years old, n (%)530 (22.79)584 (22.88)634 (22.23)582 (19.93)645 (20.21)667 (18.92)692 (19.51)710 (18.48)669 (17.37)600 (15.39)6313 (19.42)
80–84 years old, n (%)742 (31.9)775 (30.36)862 (30.22)879 (30.1)911 (28.54)1063 (30.16)1093 (30.82)1144 (29.78)1165 (30.24)1179 (30.24)9813 (30.19)
≥85 years old, n (%)784 (33.71)907 (35.53)1059 (37.13)1167 (39.97)1357 (42.51)1497 (42.47)1519 (42.84)1744 (45.4)1764 (45.79)1900 (48.73)13 698 (42.14)
Charlson Comorbidity Index 1, n (%)638 (27.43)694 (27.18)776 (27.21)809 (27.71)854 (26.75)971 (27.55)934 (26.34)949 (24.71)998 (25.91)931 (23.88)8554 (26.32)<0.001
Charlson Comorbidity Index 2, n (%)1064 (45.74)1180 (46.22)1269 (44.5)1307 (44.76)1434 (44.92)1610 (45.67)1599 (45.09)1701 (44.29)1632 (42.37)1660 (42.58)14 456 (44.47)
Charlson Comorbidity Index ≥3, n (%)624 (26.83)679 (26.6)807 (28.3)804 (27.53)904 (28.32)944 (26.78)1013 (28.57)1191 (31.01)1222 (31.72)1308 (33.55)9496 (29.21)
Previous stroke1138 (48.93)1265 (49.55)1413 (49.54)1347 (46.13)1587 (49.72)1740 (49.36)1749 (49.32)1921 (50.01)1872 (48.6)1934 (49.6)15 966 (49.12)0.142
Atrial fibrillation, n (%)594 (25.54)671 (26.28)747 (26.19)798 (27.33)880 (27.57)932 (26.44)920 (25.94)977 (25.44)1059 (27.49)1118 (28.67)8696 (26.75)0.045
Hypertension, n (%)1237 (53.18)1429 (55.97)1643 (57.61)1672 (57.26)1871 (58.62)2106 (59.74)2077 (58.57)2159 (56.21)2180 (56.59)2177 (55.83)18 551 (57.07)0.000
Malnutrition, n (%)41 (1.76)82 (3.21)105 (3.68)107 (3.66)123 (3.85)163 (4.62)126 (3.55)173 (4.5)167 (4.34)162 (4.15)1249 (3.84)0.000
Pneumonia, n (%)342 (14.7)385 (15.08)420 (14.73)457 (15.65)529 (16.57)634 (17.99)584 (16.47)607 (15.8)631 (16.38)650 (16.67)5239 (16.12)0.011
Urinary tract infection, n (%)518 (22.27)592 (23.19)720 (25.25)703 (24.08)814 (25.5)920 (26.1)879 (24.79)966 (25.15)971 (25.21)962 (24.67)8045 (24.75)0.044
Agitation, n (%)4 (0.17)8 (0.31)4 (0.14)7 (0.24)12 (0.38)6 (0.17)9 (0.25)16 (0.42)9 (0.23)16 (0.41)91 (0.28)0.266
  • Analysis of the Spanish National Hospital Discharge Database from 2004 to 2013.

  • Charlson Comorbidity Index, excluding dementia and diabetes.

  • p Value for comparison by year.

  • Poisson regression model to assess trends in incidence rates, analysis of variance and Pearson'sχ2 for means and proportions respectively.

  • N, number of discharges.