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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Palliative Performance Scale and survival in patients with cancer and non-cancer diagnoses needing a palliative care consultation: a retrospective cohort study

 

Cancer

(n = 307)

Non-cancer

(n = 100)

P-value

Sex, n (%)

  

0.48

Male

138 (44.9)

49 (49)

 

Female

169 (55.1)

51 (51)

 

Age (Mean ± SD)

60.6 ± 14.9

70.4 ± 18.3

 < 0.001

Age group, n (%)

  

 < 0.001

 < 45

41 (13.4)

10 (10)

 

45–54

56 (18.2)

13 (13)

 

55–64

84 (27.4)

15 (15)

 

65–74

71 (23.1)

10 (10)

 

75–84

42 (13.7)

25 (25)

 

 ≥ 85

13 (4.2)

27 (27)

 

Co-morbidities, n (%)

Hypertension

96 (31.3)

52 (52)

 < 0.001

Diabetes mellitus

50 (16.3)

23 (23)

0.13

Dyslipidemia

62 (20.2)

34 (34)

0.01

Chronic kidney disease stage II-IV

69 (22.5)

22 (22)

0.92

Psychiatric disorders

22 (7.2)

11 (11)

0.22

Number of co-morbidities, median (percentile 25, percentile 75)

1 (0, 2)

1 (0, 3)

 < 0.001*

Number of co-morbidities, n (%)

  

0.001

none

146 (47.5)

26 (26)

 

1

73 (23.8)

27 (27)

 

2

45 (14.7)

20 (20)

 

 ≥ 3

43 (14.0)

27 (27)

 

Cancer types, n (%)

Gastrointestinal

122 (39.7)

  

Lung

54 (17.6)

  

Genitourinary

51 (16.6)

  

Breast

25 (8.1)

  

Hematologic

21 (6.8)

  

Bone and soft tissue

8 (2.6)

  

Others

28 (8.5)

  

Non-cancer diagnoses, n (%)

Neurological disorders

 

38 (38)

 

Heart disease

 

13 (13)

 

End-stage renal disease

 

12 (12)

 

Others

 

37 (37)

 
  1. * P-value from Mann–Whitney U test