Age (year) | 57.8 (19.0) | 56.0 (18.1) | 0.358 | 61.1 (17.6)† | 61.2 (18.2)† | 0.804 |
Male sex | 46.2 | 58.5 | 0.005 | 58.9† | 57.5 | 0.705 |
Nursing home resident | 8.6 | 2.9 | 0.005 | 4.6 | 2.6 | 0.158 |
Smoker | 23.2 | 33.0 | 0.016 | 33.1† | 34.3 | 0.751 |
Initial outpatient | 58.0 | 47.7 | 0.023 | 20.8† | 23.1† | 0.514 |
Vital parametre |
Breath (per min) | 20.9 (7.2) | 21.5 (6.7) | 0.238 | 20.4 (5.9) | 21.2 (5.9) | 0.009 |
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg) | 127.0 (20.3) | 128.4 (22.2) | 0.273 | 132.6 (22.2)† | 132.4 (22.5) | 0.647 |
Body temperature (°C) | 37.3 (1.1) | 37.4 (1.0) | 0.393 | 37.7 (1.1)† | 37.6 (1.2) | 0.365 |
PO2 | 64.7 (13.6) | 61.5 (11.2) | 0.201 | 64.3 (17.2) | 65.3 (16.7)† | 0.327 |
Chronic underlying diseases (%) |
Heart diseases | 9.5 | 13.6 | 0.161 | 10.3 | 14.4 | 0.155 |
Kidney diseases | 3.0 | 4.8 | 0.321 | 13.4† | 9.5† | 0.122 |
Liver diseases | 2.2 | 5.1 | 0.082 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 0.831 |
Respiratory diseases | 32.9 | 35.9 | 0.481 | 37.9 | 41.1 | 0.329 |
Neurologic diseases | 4.3 | 1.5 | 0.050 | 6.6 | 4.3† | 0.189 |
Cancer | 6.6 | 9.2 | 0.283 | 11.6† | 12.1 | 0.850 |
CRB-65 score |
0 | 54.2 | 50.4 | | 38.5† | 39.0† | |
1 | 31.2 | 37.3 | | 45.5 | 46.5 | |
2 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 0.179 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 0.718 |
3 | 4.8 | 1.3 | | 2.4 | 1.2 | |
4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | |