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Table 2 Resident conditions

From: Association of anemia with worsened activities of daily living and health-related quality of life scores derived from the Minimum Data Set in long-term care residents

 

Not anemic

Anemic

p-value†

All residents

 

n

n

 

n

 

452

386

 

838

Renal Function

    

 Section I CKD or GFR Stage 3-5

37%

52%

<0.001

44%

Falling History

    

 Fell in Past 30 or 180 Days

45%

48%

0.377

47%

Diseases and Conditions

    

 Alzheimer's disease

9%

3%

0.002

6%

 Arteriosclerotic heart disease

2%

6%

0.009

4%

 Arthritis

11%

10%

0.713

10%

 Asthma

2%

2%

0.889

2%

 Bone Fracture (Pathological)

2%

4%

0.114

3%

 Cerebral Palsy

0%

0%

0.355

0%

 Cerebrovascular Accident

15%

16%

0.762

15%

 Congestive Heart Failure

10%

14%

0.089

12%

 Emphysema/COPD

7%

15%

<0.001

10%

 Dementia (not Alzheimer's)

23%

24%

0.769

24%

 Deep Vein Thrombosis

1%

2%

0.149

1%

 Diabetes Mellitus

25%

37%

<0.001

30%

 Hemiplegia/hemiparesis

6%

5%

0.332

5%

 Hip Fracture

2%

5%

0.004

3%

 Hypotension

4%

2%

0.098

3%

 Missing Limb

1%

1%

0.846

1%

 Multiple Sclerosis

4%

2%

0.051

3%

 Osteoporosis

7%

7%

0.962

7%

 Peripheral Vascular Disease

4%

4%

0.649

4%

 Paraplegia

0%

1%

0.874

0%

 Parkinson's Disease

1%

1%

0.566

1%

 Quadriplegia

1%

1%

0.349

1%

 Seizure Disorder

6%

3%

0.134

5%

 Transient Ischemic Attack

1%

1%

0.864

1%

Current Medications

    

 Antianxiety/Hynotic/ Antipsychotic

82%

80%

0.625

81%

 Antidepressant

67%

67%

0.898

67%

 Beta Blocker

27%

43%

<0.001

35%

 Diuretic

41%

49%

0.023

45%

  1. All values were obtained from the index MDS, index hemoglobin, serum creatinine or the pharmacy database (with fill dates 30 days prior to 90 days after the index hemoglobin). †Chi-square tests used for proportions.