title: Clinical Severity, Age, and Sex Overcome Cardiometabolic Morbidities but Not Stroke as Predictors of Mortality in Elderly Inpatients: Data From the REgistro POliterapie Società Italiana di Medicina Interna Registry.
authors.affiliation: Centre of Research for Effectiveness and Appropriateness in Medicine, Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicona Interna e Specialistica, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.|Department of Internal Medicine 2, National Relevance and High Specialization Hospital Trust, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Corrao
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical and Experimental Science, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marengoni
authors.affiliation: Centre of Research for Effectiveness and Appropriateness in Medicine, Dipartimento Biomedico di Medicona Interna e Specialistica, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Natoli
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nobili
authors.affiliation: Scientific Direction, Ca Granda Maggiore Policlinico Hospital Foundation, Istituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Piermannuccio
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mannucci
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Campus Universitario di Germaneto, Catanzaro, Italy.
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perticone
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008659:Metabolic Diseases / Q000401:mortality*; D009017:Morbidity; D012042:Registries; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000401:mortality*