Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of the patient population at hospital admission. This table shows the descriptive statistics for patients based on their code status at time of hospital admission.
| Overall | Code status at time of hospital admission | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full Code | DNR/DNI | CMO | P value | ||
| Total (N, %) | 1163 | 1049 (90.2) | 104 (8.9) | 10 (0.9) | |
| Age, mean, yrs (SD) | 60 (18) | 58 (17) | 80 (10) | 91 (7) | <.001 |
| Female sex (N, %) | 498 (42.8) | 440 (41.9) | 52 (50.0) | 6 (60.0) | .16 |
| Race/ethnicity (N, %) | |||||
| White | 445 (38.3) | 349 (33.3) | 88 (84.6) | 8 (80.0) | <.001 |
| Black | 125 (10.7) | 122 (11.6) | 3 (2.9) | 0 (0.0) | .01 |
| Asian | 43 (3.7) | 40 (3.8) | 2 (1.9) | 1 (10.0) | .35 |
| Hispanic | 423 (36.4) | 415 (39.6) | 7 (6.7) | 1 (10.0) | <.001 |
| Other | 27 (2.3) | 25 (2.4) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | .85 |
| Missing | 100 (8.6) | 98 (9.3) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | .02 |
| Comorbidities (N, %) | |||||
| Hypertension | 599 (51.5) | 511 (48.7) | 79 (76.0) | 9 (90.0) | <.001 |
| Diabetes | 395 (34.0) | 350 (33.4) | 43 (41.4) | 2 (20.0) | .17 |
| Lung disease | 349 (30.0) | 296 (28.7) | 48 (46.6) | 5 (50.0) | <.001 |
| Kidney disease | 193 (16.6) | 154 (15.0) | 35 (34.7) | 4 (40.0) | <.001 |
| HIV infection (N, %) | 16 (1.4) | 14 (1.3) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | .83 |
| Homeless (N, %) | 36 (3.1) | 35 (3.3) | 1 (1.0) | 0 (0.0) | .35 |
| Illicit drug use (N, %) | 48 (4.1) | 46 (4.4) | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0.0) | .39 |
| Primary language (N, %) | |||||
| English | 481 (41.4) | 409 (39.0) | 66 (63.5) | 6 (60.0) | <.001 |
| Non-english | 356 (30.6) | 341 (32.5) | 13 (12.5) | 2 (20.0) | <.001 |
| Missing | 326 (28.0) | 299 (28.5) | 25 (24.0) | 2 (20.0) | .53 |
| Area deprivation index, mean (95% CI) | 6.0 (5.9–6.1) | 6.0 (5.9–6.2) | 5.8 (5.3–6.2) | 5.5 (3.3–7.6) | .41 |
CI = confidence interval, CMO = comfort measures only, DNR/DNI = do not resuscitate/do not intubate, HIV = human immunodeficiency virus, SD = standard deviation.