Table 1 Main characteristics of the 482 nursing home (NH) residents with advanced dementia (Functional Assessment Staging Tool stage ≥7c)
From: The last week of life of nursing home residents with advanced dementia: a retrospective study
|  | n (n = 482) | % | 95% CIb (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex Female | 365 | 75.7 | 71.9;79.5 |
Age at NH admission, years, median (IQRb): 84.1 (79–88.7) | |||
 Diagnosis of dementia | |||
  Alzheimer | 129 | 26.8 | 22.8;30.7 |
  Not defined | 175 | 36.3 | 32.0;40.6 |
  Vascular | 138 | 28.6 | 24.6;32.7 |
  Mixed | 33 | 6.8 | 4.6;9.1 |
  Lewy body | 7 | 1.5 | 0.4;2.5 |
 Comorbidities | |||
  Genitourinary | 435 | 90.2 | 87.6;92.9 |
  Musculoskeletal | 409 | 84.9 | 81.6;88.0 |
  Gastrointestinal tract | 135 | 28.0 | 24.0;32.0 |
  Peripheral and central nervous system | 314 | 65.1 | 60.9;69.4 |
  Hypertension | 238 | 49.4 | 44.9;53.8 |
  Cardiovascular | 237 | 49.2 | 44.7;53.6 |
  Head and neck | 207 | 42.9 | 38.5;47.4 |
  Vascular | 195 | 40.5 | 36.1;44.8 |
  Respiratory | 100 | 20.7 | 17.2;24.4 |
  Endocrine-metabolic | 135 | 28.0 | 24.0;32.0 |
  Kidney | 55 | 11.4 | 8.6;14.2 |
  Liver | 30 | 6.2 | 4.1;8.4 |
  Othersa | 18 | 3.7 | 2.0;5.4 |