Importance of kidney function, number of chronic conditions and medications for hospitalisation in elderly in Blekinge County, Sweden: a case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To study the association between risk for hospitalisation in an elderly population related to renal function, number of chronic diseases and number of prescribed drugs.

Design

A case-control study. Persons hospitalised were included and their controls were obtained from electronic hospital medical records. If data were lacking on creatinine levels, multiple imputation was used.

Setting

Blekinge County in southwestern Sweden.

Participants

Study of individuals aged 75 years or older in 2013. We identified a total of 2,941 patients with a first hospitalisation. Of these, 81 were excluded, 78 due to incomplete data and 3 because of lack of control persons. Controls were matched to the same sex and birth year, which resulted in 5720 persons.

Primary an

SUBMITTER: Norstedt I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11146359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature