All patients | University hospital | County hospitals | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
n=1376 | n=534 | n=842 | p Value* | |
Age (0)† (years; mean, median) | 76, 79 | 76, 78 | 77, 79 | 0.27 |
Sex % (0) | ||||
Women | 49 | 50 | 51 | 0.82 |
Patients history (%) | ||||
Diabetes (0,1) | 19 | 18 | 20 | 0.48 |
Hypertension (0,2) | 51 | 52 | 50 | 0.70 |
Atrial fibrillation (0,3) | 24 | 24 | 24 | 0.95 |
Heart failure (0,3) | 10 | 11 | 10 | 0.27 |
Myocardial infarction (0,4) | 16 | 15 | 17 | 0.26 |
Angina pectoris (0,4) | 7 | 6 | 7 | 0.38 |
Amaurosis fugax (0,2) | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.00 |
Transitory ischaemic attack (0,2) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0.68 |
Stroke (0,1) | 26 | 27 | 26 | 0.57 |
Claudicatio intermittens (0,2) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0.86 |
Sleep apnoea syndrome (0,4) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0.52 |
Malignancy (0,4) | 14 | 16 | 12 | 0.054 |
Living alone (%) (3) | ||||
Yes | 50 | 49 | 49 | 0.50 |
Need for interpreter (%) (0,1) | ||||
Yes | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0.046 |
*p Value refers to a comparison between university and county hospitals.
†Percentage of patients with missing information in university and county hospitals.