From: REPRESENT: REPresentativeness of RESearch data obtained through the ‘General Informed ConsENT’
Characteristic | Overall | Signatories % or median (IQR) | Χ2/t-Test p value |
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Patient status | |||
Alive, n (%) | 38,222 (98.1) | 26.4 | 0.77 |
Deceased, n (%) | 753 (1.9) | 27.0 | |
Number of hospital encounters per patient | |||
1–5, n (%) 6–10, n (%) > 10, n (%) | 20,945 (53.7) 10,429 (26.8) 7601 (19.5) | 24.7 27.7 29.5 | 1–5 vs > 10: < 0.0001 |
Length of stay (cumulated days per patient), median (IQR) | 50.3 (1.2–304.0) | 72.7 (2.8 – 351.0) | < 0.0001 |
Charlson comorbidity index | |||
Score 0, n (%) | 30,969 (79.5) | 24.2 | Score 0 vs 1 – 4: < 0.0001 |
Score 1–4, n (%) | 7526 (19.3) | 34.7 | |
Score ≥ 5, n (%) | 480 (1.2) | 36.7 | |
Elixhauser comorbidity index | |||
Score 0, n (%) | 26,356 (67.6) | 23.6 | Score 0 vs 1 – 4 < 0.0001 |
Score 1–4, n (%) | 9521 (24.4) | 32.2 | |
Score ≥ 5, n (%) | 3098 (7.9) | 33.2 |