Gender difference in clinical conditions among hospitalized adults with myotonic dystrophy.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In this study we examined gender differences in adult hospitalizations with myotonic dystrophy (DM).

Methods

From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample (NIS) 2010-2014, we identified 1,891 adult hospitalizations with a DM diagnosis and constructed a comparison group of hospitalizations without DM using propensity score matching. We calculated relative risk by gender for 44 clinical diagnoses that each accounted for at least 5% of DM hospitalizations.

Results

Hospitalizations with DM were longer (4.8 vs. 4.1 days, P < 0.0001) and more costly ($13,241 vs. $11,458, P < 0.0001) than those without DM. More than half (25 of 44) of the conditions co-occurring with DM hospitalizations did not differ in their relative risks by gender. For those that differed by gender,

SUBMITTER: Ouyang L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7702279 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature