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. 2023 Jun 13;7(6):e23.00060. doi: 10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-23-00060

Table 1.

By Ethnicity, Demographic Characteristics of Patients Undergoing Emergent Surgery, Including the Top 10 Current Procedural Terminology Codes for General, Orthopaedic, and Vascular Surgeries

White Black or African American Asian American Indian or Alaska Native Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander P
%, or mean (SD) %, or mean (SD) %, or mean (SD) %, or mean (SD) %, or mean (SD)
Age (yrs) 51.2 (21.4) 48.5 (19.8) 48 (20.1) 43.4 (19.1) 43.7 (18.1) <0.001
BMI (kg/m2) 28.3 (7) 29.7 (8.2) 25.1 (5.1) 29.9 (7.7) 29.9 (7.5) <0.001
Sex
 Female 53.2 54.6 52.4 55.4 53.6 0.002
 Male 46.8 45.4 47.6 44.6 46.4
Functional status
 Independent 93.1 91.1 95.7 93.7 94.4 <0.001
 Partially dependent 4.5 5.3 3 4.2 2.3
 Totally dependent 1.6 2.7 0.7 1 0.9
 Unknown 0.8 0.9 0.5 1.1 2.3
ASA class
 1 19.8 15 32.6 15.2 23.4 <0.001
 2 41.9 38.6 43.9 48.1 50.1
 3 26.4 30.4 17.5 26.6 19.6
 4 10.6 14.4 5.1 8.7 4.4
 5 1.2 1.5 0.8 1.2 1.3
 None 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 1.2
Anesthesia
 General 96.9 98.6 94.7 98.6 98.6 <0.001
 Spinal 2 0.6 4.6 0.8 0.8
 Regional 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.5
 MAC/IV sedation 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.1
 Other 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0
Diabetes
 Non-diabetic 90.2 85 89.2 87.1 87.2 <0.001
 Non-insulin 5 7.1 7.1 6.1 6.6
 Insulin 4.2 7.2 3.3 6.1 5.5
 Oral 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7
 Current smoker 19.3 24.4 10.3 34.9 19.3 <0.001
 History of COPD 5.1 3.9 1 4.2 1.4 <0.001
 History of ascites 1.1 1.7 0.7 1.8 1.2 <0.001
 History of CHF 1.4 2.2 0.8 1.3 1.2 <0.001
 Dialysis 1 4 1.2 1.5 2.9 <0.001
 Disseminated cancer 1.6 2.1 1.2 0.8 1.4 <0.001

SD = standard deviation, BMI = body mass index, ASA = American Society of Anesthesiologists classification, MAC = Monitored Anesthesia Care, and COPD = Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease