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. 2023 May 16;50(1):149–155. doi: 10.1007/s00068-023-02275-z

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