Table 4 Disease description data
From: Characteristics of older adult hospitalized patients with bronchial asthma: a retrospective study
Older adult group n = 41 | Younger group n = 140 | P | |
|---|---|---|---|
Severity of acute attacks | 0.015 | ||
Mild | 3 (7.3) | 26 (18.6) | |
Moderate | 18 (43.9) | 80 (57.1) | |
Severe | 16 (39.0) | 25 (17.9) | |
Extremely severe | 0 | 1 (0.7) | |
Number of underlying diseases | < 0.001 | ||
< 3 | 12 (29.3) | 89 (63.6) | |
3–5 | 24 (58.5) | 47 (33.6) | |
More than 5 | 5 (12.2) | 4 (2.9) | |
Comorbidities | 0.015 | ||
Allergic rhinitis | 6 (14.6) | 31 (22.1) | |
Hypertension | 19 (46.3) | 24 (17.1) | |
Diabetes | 9 (22.0) | 7 (5.0) | |
Coronary heart disease | 8 (19.5) | 16 (11.4) | |
Pulmonary ventilation dysfunction | 0.437 | ||
Mild | 2 | 33 | |
Moderate | 2 | 17 | |
Moderate-severe | 4 | 12 | |
Severe | 4 | 22 | |
Critical severe | 3 | 14 | |
ICS dose | 0 | ||
Low dose | 12 (29.3) | 88 (62.9) | |
Moderate dose | 24 (58.5) | 50 (35.7) | |
High dose | 5 (12.2) | 2 (1.4) | |