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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the enrolled patients

From: Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography in the elderly: results of a retrospective study and a geriatricians’ point of view

Groups

Age 65–79

N = 280

Age ≥ 80

N = 185

All

n = 465

p-value

Mean age, years

72.78 ± 4.4

85.29 ± 4.18

77.6 ± 7.64

< 0.001

Gender, n (%)

< 0.001

 Male

146 (52.1)

66 (35.7)

212

 Female

134 (47.9)

119 (64.3)

253

Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI), mean

1.6 ± 2.0

1.2 ± 1.4

1.2 ± 1.8

0.008

Age-adjusted CCI, mean

4.4 ± 2.0

5.3 ± 7.0

4.8 ± 1.8

0.059

ASA score, n

0.048

 I

2 (0.7)

2

 

 II

210 (75.0)

113 (61.1)

323

 III

63 (22.5)

69 (37.3)

132

 IV

5 (1.8)

3 (1.6)

8

 V

Urgent ERCP, n (%)

27 (9.6)

26 (14.1)

53 (11.6)

0.179

  1. Data are presented as mean ± SD or as a number and percentage. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists