TABLE 3.
Demographics of Study Population Stratified by Readmission Status
| Readmission Status | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Yes (n = 65) | No (n = 355) | P Valuea |
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| |||
| Male sex | 57 (87.7) | 287 (80.9) | .19 |
| Caucasian | 65 (100.0) | 340 (95.8) | ... |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 63.3 (12.6) | 64.0 (9.4) | .63 |
| Insuranceb | .06 | ||
| Medicare, commercial, military | 57 (87.7) | 333 (94.1) | |
| Medicaid, none | 8 (12.3) | 21 (5.9) | |
| Median household income, mean (SD), $ | 61,612.8 (27,035.4) | 63,562.1 (22,669.3) | .54 |
| Driving distance, mean (SD), km | 175.2 (339.2) | 153.0 (179.4) | .44 |
| Food desert status | 18 (27.7) | 55 (15.5) | .02 |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 5 (8.5) | 23 (7.6) | .79 |
| Hypertension | 32 (49.2) | 181 (51.0) | .80 |
| Coronary artery disease | 13 (20.0) | 49 (13.8) | .20 |
| Diabetes | 21 (32.8) | 74 (20.9) | .04 |
| Cerebrovascular | 1.00 | ||
| Stroke | 1 (1.5) | 9 (2.5) | |
| Transient ischemic attack | 1 (1.5) | 8 (2.3) | |
| Body mass index categoryc | .28 | ||
| <18.5 kg/m2 | 0 | 6 (1.8) | |
| 18.5–35 kg/m2 | 51 (81.0) | 290 (85.6) | |
| ≥35 kg/m2 | 12 (19.1) | 43 (12.7) | |
| Pretreatment weight loss >5 pounds | 38 (58.5) | 235 (66.4) | .22 |
| Histology | .13 | ||
| Adenocarcinoma | 58 (89.2) | 314 (89.2) | |
| Squamous | 6 (9.2) | 37 (10.5) | |
| Pretreatment stage | .73 | ||
| I | 1 (1.6) | 2 (0.6) | |
| II | 9 (14.8) | 64 (19.3) | |
| III | 37 (60.7) | 197 (59.3) | |
| IV | 14 (23.0) | 69 (20.8) | |
| Missing | 4 (6.1) | 23 (6.4) | |
| Pretreatment sarcopeniad | 5 (7.7) | 44 (12.4) | .24 |
| Male | 3 | 29 | |
| Female | 2 | 15 | |
| Preresection feeding tube | 11 (16.9) | 43 (12.1) | .29 |
| Neoadjuvant therapy duration, mean (SD), d | 52.8 (55.9) | 46.9 (32.3) | .24 |
| Posttreatment sarcopeniad | 8 (12.3) | 83 (23.4) | <.05 |
| Male | 6 | 61 | |
| Female | 2 | 22 | |
| Presurgery weight loss,e mean (SD), % | −5.8 (5.8) | −4.9 (8.8) | .48 |
| Pathologic stage | .75 | ||
| No residual | 14 (23.7) | 60 (17.9) | |
| I | 17 (28.8) | 94 (28.1) | |
| II | 8 (13.6) | 58 (17.3) | |
| III | 16 (27.1) | 96 (28.7) | |
| IV | 4 (6.8) | 27 (8.1) | |
| Missing | 6 (9.2) | 20 (5.6) | |
a
P value by χ2, Fisher exact test, and Student t test as appropriate
b
Missing data for 1 patient
c
Based on readmitted (n = 63) and not readmitted (n = 339)
d
Based on psoas muscle index
e
Based on readmitted (n = 58) and not readmitted (n = 302).
Data are shown as n (%) unless indicated as mean (SD). The bold P values are statistically significant (P < .05).