Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study population and control group.
From: Risk and mortality of aspiration pneumonia in Parkinson’s disease: a nationwide database study
Population | Patients with PD (N = 10,159) | Patients without PD (N = 39,574) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristics | No | % | No | % | ||
Sex | Male | 3887 | 38.3 | 15,066 | 38.1 | |
Female | 6272 | 61.7 | 24,508 | 61.9 | ||
Age at diagnosis (year) | 40–50 | 319 | 3.1 | 1274 | 3.2 | |
50–60 | 923 | 9.1 | 3670 | 9.3 | ||
60–70 | 2943 | 29.0 | 11,644 | 29.4 | ||
70–80 | 4487 | 44.2 | 17,434 | 44.1 | ||
80– | 1487 | 14.6 | 5552 | 14.0 | ||
Region of residence | Seoul and Incheon | 2202 | 21.7 | 8940 | 22.6 | < .001 |
Gyeonggi and Gangwon | 2124 | 20.9 | 8734 | 22.1 | ||
Busan, Daegu, Ulsan, and Gyeongsang | 3267 | 32.2 | 11,052 | 27.9 | ||
Daejeon, Sejong, and Chungcheong | 982 | 9.7 | 4727 | 11.9 | ||
Gwangju, Jeola, and Jeju | 1584 | 15.6 | 6086 | 15.4 | ||
Not identified | 0 | – | 35 | 0.1 | ||
Comorbidities | Hypertension | 6348 | 62.5 | 17,971 | 45.4 | < .001 |
Diabetes | 3822 | 37.6 | 9279 | 23.4 | < .001 | |
Ischemic heart disease | 2297 | 22.6 | 5263 | 13.3 | < .001 | |
Congestive heart failure | 1268 | 12.5 | 2905 | 7.3 | < .001 | |
Cancer | 901 | 8.9 | 2474 | 6.3 | < .001 | |
Tuberculosis | 379 | 3.7 | 1096 | 2.8 | < .001 | |
Peripheral arterial disease | 1840 | 18.1 | 3924 | 9.9 | < .001 | |
Atrial fibrillation | 414 | 4.1 | 845 | 2.1 | < .001 | |
Chronic kidney disease | 187 | 1.8 | 323 | 0.8 | < .001 | |
Dyslipidemia | 3350 | 33.0 | 8080 | 20.4 | < .001 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | 3605 | 35.5 | 3992 | 10.1 | < .001 | |
Dementia | 1301 | 12.8 | 907 | 2.3 | < .001 | |
COPD | 3640 | 35.8 | 12,708 | 32.1 | < .001 | |
Seizure disorder | 974 | 9.6 | 607 | 1.5 | < .001 | |
