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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 16.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 May 20;61(6):902–911. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12273

Table 2.

Frequencies across studies with which patient-related health characteristics corresponding to each domain were associated with mortality in multivariable analysis.

Hospitalized patients: mortality up to one year Hospitalized patients: in-hospital mortality
Frequency of association with mortality (%) Frequency of association with mortality (%)
Cognitive function 7/14 (50) Cognitive function 6/12 (50)
Disease diagnosis 15/43 (35) Disease diagnosis 13/36 (36)
Laboratory values 4/8 (50) Laboratory values 5/20 (25)
Nutrition 6/7 (86) Nutrition 5/11 (45)
Physical function 10/15 (67) Physical function 8/13 (62)
Pressure sores 2/4 (50) Pressure sores 1/1 (100)
General nursing home residents: mortality up to one year Nursing home residents with advanced dementia: mortality up to one year
Frequency of association with mortality (%) Frequency of association with mortality (%)
Cognitive function 0/7 (0) Cognitive function 0/5 (0)
Disease diagnosis 6/12 (50) Disease diagnosis 3/30 (10)
Nutrition 6/6 (100) Nutrition 4/9 (44)
Physical function 3/3 (100) Physical function 7/11 (64)
Pressure sores 0/2 (0) Pressure sores 1/2 (50)
Shortness of breath 2/2 (100) Shortness of breath 3/3 (100)