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Table 1. Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics According to Pressure Ulcer (PU) Presence on Admission to the Hospital (N = 671) Characteristic
No PU, n = 624
PU, n = 47
Age, mean SD 84.3 6.9 85.5 6.6 Female, n (%) 365 (58.5) 29 (61.7) 208 (33.3) 27 (57.4) Dementia, n (%)a MMSE score, 19.5 7.9 13 9.2 mean SD (range 0–30) MNA-SF total score, 8.7 3.3 6.4 3.4 mean SD (range 0–14) 233 (37.3) 28 (59.6) Malnutrition,b n (%) Katz activity of 3.1 2.3 1.3 1.7 daily living score, mean SD (0–6) 147 (23.6) 25 (53.2) Deliriumc on admission Sequential Organ 1.9 2.0 2.7 2.3 Failure Assessment score on admission, mean SD (range 0–24) Albumin serum levels on 3.4 0.5 2.8 0.5 admission, g/dL, mean SD C-reactive protein on 6.2 7.6 10.9 9.8 admission, mg/L, mean SD Creatinine serum levels on 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.1 admission, mg/dL, mean SD Blood urea nitrogen on 65.2 43.7 77.4 61.4 admission, mg/dL, mean SD
P-Value
.23 .39 .001
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
JULY 2014–VOL. 62, NO. 7
Table 1. Participant Demographic and Clinical Characteristics According to Pressure Ulcer (PU) Presence on Admission to the Hospital (N = 671) Characteristic
No PU, n = 624
PU, n = 47
Age, mean SD 84.3 6.9 85.5 6.6 Female, n (%) 365 (58.5) 29 (61.7) 208 (33.3) 27 (57.4) Dementia, n (%)a MMSE score, 19.5 7.9 13 9.2 mean SD (range 0–30) MNA-SF total score, 8.7 3.3 6.4 3.4 mean SD (range 0–14) 233 (37.3) 28 (59.6) Malnutrition,b n (%) Katz activity of 3.1 2.3 1.3 1.7 daily living score, mean SD (0–6) 147 (23.6) 25 (53.2) Deliriumc on admission Sequential Organ 1.9 2.0 2.7 2.3 Failure Assessment score on admission, mean SD (range 0–24) Albumin serum levels on 3.4 0.5 2.8 0.5 admission, g/dL, mean SD C-reactive protein on 6.2 7.6 10.9 9.8 admission, mg/L, mean SD Creatinine serum levels on 1.3 0.9 1.4 1.1 admission, mg/dL, mean SD Blood urea nitrogen on 65.2 43.7 77.4 61.4 admission, mg/dL, mean SD
P-Value
.23 .39 .001
