Table 1.
Demographics of patients with isolated traumatic spine injuries requiring surgery requiring surgery
| Male (N = 29,739) |
Female (N = 14,017) |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median [IQR] | 55 [38–68] | 59 [41–73] | < 0.001 |
| Race, n (%) | |||
| White | 22,607 (76.0) | 11,320 (80.8) | < 0.001 |
| Black | 3816 (12.8) | 1263 (9.0) | < 0.001 |
| Asian | 549 (1.8) | 400 (2.9) | < 0.001 |
| American Indian | 245 (0.8) | 120 (0.9) | 0.773 |
| Pacific islander | 90 (0.3) | 31 (0.2) | 0.156 |
| Other | 1930 (6.5) | 671 (4.8) | < 0.001 |
| Missing | 310 (1.0) | 143 (1.0) | |
| Hypertension, n (%) | 11,044 (37.1) | 5704 (40.7) | < 0.001 |
| Previous myocardial infarction, n (%) | 314 (1.1) | 94 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
| Congestive heart failure, n (%) | 1008 (3.4) | 519 (3.7) | 0.102 |
| History of peripheral vascular disease, n (%) | 206 (0.7) | 91 (0.6) | 0.649 |
| Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) | 591 (2.0) | 303 (2.2) | 0.243 |
| Dementia, n (%) | 613 (2.1) | 503 (3.6) | < 0.001 |
| COPD, n (%) | 1788 (6.0) | 1079 (7.7) | < 0.001 |
| Current smoker, n (%) | 7602 (25.6) | 2755 (19.7) | < 0.001 |
| Chronic renal failure, n (%) | 416 (1.4) | 167 (1.2) | 0.085 |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 5123 (17.2) | 2405 (17.2) | 0.869 |
| Cirrhosis, n (%) | 278 (0.9) | 100 (0.7) | 0.023 |
| Coagulopathy, n (%) | 986 (3.3) | 467 (3.3) | 0.953 |
| Currently receiving chemotherapy for cancer, n (%) | 84 (0.3) | 41 (0.3) | 0.930 |
| Metastatic cancer, n (%) | 172 (0.6) | 82 (0.6) | 0.986 |
| Drug use disorder, n (%) | 2132 (7.2) | 660 (4.7) | < 0.001 |
| Alcohol use disorder, n (%) | 3005 (10.1) | 732 (5.2) | < 0.001 |
| Major psychiatric illness, n (%) | 2463 (8.3) | 2230 (15.9) | < 0.001 |
| Advanced directive limiting care, n (%) | 584 (2.0) | 405 (2.9) | < 0.001 |
COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease