Table 2.
Demographic and Hospitalization Information.
| Control (n=139,864) | Alcohol use (n=707) | Tobacco/ nicotine use (n=22,715) | Malnutrition (n=3,533) | Dyslipidemia (n=37,171) | Primary hypertension (n=93,589) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean Age (years), ± SD | 51.4 + 18.5 | 54.2 + 14.2 | 49.3 + 12.2 | 52.7 + 21.2 | 65.7 + 10.8 | 63.0 + 11.5 |
| Sex | ||||||
| Female, n (%) | 81,700, 58.4% | 269, 38.1% | 11,527, 50.7%, | 2,267, 64.2% | 19,435, 52.3% | 52,810, 56.4% |
| Male, n (%) | 58,164, 41.6% | 438, 61.9% | 11,188, 49.3% | 1,266, 35.8% | 17,736, 47.7% | 40,779, 43.6%, |
| Charlson Comorbidity Index Score, mean ± SD | 2.1 + 1.6 | 2.3 + 1.7 | 1.7 + 1.4 | 2.6 + 1.9 | 3.6 + 1.5 | 3.2 + 1.3 |
| Hospital type | ||||||
| Metropolitan non-teaching, n (%) | 29,749, 21.3% | 202, 28.6% | 5,544, 24.4% | 508, 14.4% | 8,198, 22.1% | 23,230, 24.8% |
| Metropolitan teaching, n (%) | 106,286, 76% | 502, 71% | 16,286, 71.7% | 2,931, 83% | 27,840, 74.9% | 67,056, 71.6% |
| Non-metropolitan, n (%) | 3,829, 2.74% | 3, 0.42% | 886, 3.9% | 95, 2.69% | 1,133, 3.05% | 3,303, 3.53% |
| Discharge location | ||||||
| Routine/Home, n (%) | 101,430, 72.5% | 425, 60.1% | 17,149, 75.5% | 1,765, 50% | 21,017, 56.5% | 57,689, 61.6% |
| Short-term hospital, n (%) | 288, 0.21% | 2, 0.28% | 42, 0.18% | 38, 1.08% | 85, 0.23% | 213, 0.23% |
| Skilled nursing facility, n (%) | 13,354, 9.54% | 128, 18.1% | 1,537, 6.77% | 841, 23.8% | 7,347, 19.8% | 14,868, 15.9% |
| Home health care, n (%) | 24,497, 17.5% | 145, 20.5% | 3,912, 17.2% | 849, 24% | 8,610, 23.2% | 20,640, 22.1% |
| Levels of fusion | ||||||
| Single-level fusion, n (%) | 98,285, 70.3% | 462, 65.3% | 17,637, 77.6% | 2,021, 57.2% | 24,547, 66% | 62,951, 67.3% |
| Multi-level fusion, n (%) | 41,573, 29.7% | 243, 34.4% | 5,079, 22.4% | 1,509, 42.7% | 12,622, 34% | 30,633, 32.7% |