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. 2024 Apr 30;12:1366953. doi: 10.3389/fped.2024.1366953

Table 1.

Patient demographics of ED visits for CC of chest pain before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

All encounters Pre-COVID-19 COVID-19 p-value
Number of encounters with chest pain, n (%) 10,721 (100) 5,692 (53.1) 5,029 (46.9)
Age (years), mean ± SD 12 ± 3.8 12 ± 3.8 12 ± 3.9 <0.001
Weight (kg), mean ± SD 54 ± 25.2 53 ± 24.3 56 ± 26.2 <0.001
Visit length (hours), mean ± SD 4.1 ± 3.4 4.0 ± 2.1 4.2 ± 4.4 <0.001
Sex
 Male, n (%) 5,098 (47.6) 2,695 (47.3) 2,403 (47.8) 0.744
 Female, n (%) 5,623 (52.4) 2,997 (52.7) 2,626 (52.2) 0.756

Other disposition includes eloped, left without being seen, left against medical advice, transfer to another facility and transfer to operating room. ICU, intensive care unit.