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. 2024 Jul 22;7:e52278. doi: 10.2196/52278

Table 1.

Patient characteristics.


BPa (n=1,644,370) BCb (n=820,078) ECc (n=209,451) MCd (n=300,791) LCe (n=628,197)
Agef (years)

Mean (SD) 58.6 (16.31) 59.0 (16.35) 58.5 (16.76) 58.6 (16.57) 58.8 (16.85)

Minimum, Maximum 18, 89 18, 89 18, 89 18, 89 18, 89

Median (IQR) 61 (48-70) 61 (48-71) 61 (47-71) 61 (48-71) 61 (47-71)
Age categoryf (years), n (%)

18-30 112,133 (6.8) 54,225 (6.6) 15,683 (7.5) 21,128 (7) 45,338 (7.2)

31-40 147,963 (9) 73,238 (8.9) 19,839 (9.5) 28,467 (9.5) 61,031 (9.7)

41-50 217,072 (13.2) 105,670 (12.9) 27,043 (12.9) 39,092 (13) 80,868 (12.9)

51-60 340,761 (20.7) 162,767 (19.8) 40,873 (19.5) 58,449 (19.4) 117,202 (18.7)

61-70 416,743 (25.3) 207,379 (25.3) 51,304 (24.5) 74,935 (24.9) 153,046 (24.4)

71-80 288,194 (17.5) 153,377 (18.7) 38,255 (18.3) 55,684 (18.5) 118,827 (18.9)

>80 121,504 (7.4) 63,422 (7.7) 16,454 (7.9) 23,036 (7.7) 51,885 (8.3)
Sex femalef, n (%) 890,910 (54.2) 440,317 (53.7) 108,541 (51.8) 159,893 (53.2) 333,931 (53.2)
Racef, n (%)

Asian 25,205 (1.5) 13,155 (1.6) 3811 (1.8) 5502 (1.8) 13,947 (2.2)

Black 172,317 (10.5) 86,619 (10.6) 22,820 (10.9) 34,421 (11.4) 74,791 (11.9)

White 1,287,545 (78.3) 634,056 (77.3) 163,018 (77.8) 232,506 (77.3) 477,774 (76.1)
Hispanic ethnicityf, n (%) 141,183 (8.6) 73,837 (9) 18,426 (8.8) 27,853 (9.3) 68,885 (11)
Insurancef,g, n (%)

Commercial 665,441 (40.5) 317,972 (38.8) 79,909 (38.2) 115,013 (38.2) 231,540 (36.9)

Government 749,389 (45.6) 383,018 (46.7) 96,045 (45.9) 138,052 (45.9) 289,800 (46.1)

Low-income 212,173 (12.9) 108,509 (13.2) 30,647 (14.6) 43,737 (14.5) 97,210 (15.5)
Comorbidites ≥1f, n (%) 1,321,911 (80.4) 676,491 (82.5) 175,939 (84) 252,355 (83.9) 535,076 (85.2)
Comorbiditiesh, n (%)

Cardiac arrhythmiasf 278,499 (16.9) 148,374 (18.1) 39,801 (19) 56,421 (18.8) 124,456 (19.8)

Chronic pulmonary diseasef 303,871 (18.5) 157,402 (19.2) 40,808 (19.5) 58,895 (19.6) 123,865 (19.7)

Congestive heart failuref 114,852 (7) 64,837 (7.9) 18,118 (8.7) 25,313 (8.4) 57,681 (9.2)

Depressionf 216,235 (13.2) 115,225 (14.1) 29,414 (14) 44,250 (14.7) 91,828 (14.6)

Diabetes (complicated)f 131,594 (8) 74,660 (9.1) 21,230 (10.1) 29,410 (9.8) 65,836 (10.5)

Diabetes (uncomplicated)f 223,314 (13.6) 108,624 (13.2) 26,276 (12.5) 38,592 (12.8) 80,350 (12.8)

Fluid or electrolyte disordersf 325,819 (19.8) 174,481 (21.3) 52,486 (25.1) 70,018 (23.3) 152,579 (24.3)

Hypothyroidismf 200,129 (12.2) 103,612 (12.6) 25,704 (12.3) 37,537 (12.5) 78,411 (12.5)

Obesity or overweightf 394,421 (24) 210,688 (25.7) 54,282 (25.9) 82,251 (27.3) 173,667 (27.6)

Other neurological disordersf 117,534 (7.1) 63,352 (7.7) 18,501 (8.8) 25,511 (8.5) 55,371 (8.8)

Peripheral vascular disordersf 125,078 (7.6) 67,508 (8.2) 18,339 (8.8) 26,595 (8.8) 58,697 (9.3)

Sleep apneaf 147,851 (9) 81,705 (10) 19,498 (9.3) 30,259 (10.1) 65,179 (10.4)

Solid tumor without metastasisf 194,163 (11.8) 98,675 (12) 27,302 (13) 36,644 (12.2) 81,145 (12.9)
COVID-19 not presentf,i, n (%) 1,644,142 (100) 819,852 (100) 209,200 (99.9) 299,296 (99.5) 601,470 (95.7)
Admission typef, n (%)

Elective 932,608 (56.7) 451,190 (55) 98,637 (47.1) 156,479 (52) 307,003 (48.9)

Emergency or urgent 674,323 (41) 348,840 (42.5) 104,123 (49.7) 136,181 (45.3) 302,208 (48.1)

Trauma center 37,439 (2.3) 20,048 (2.4) 6691 (3.2) 8131 (2.7) 18,986 (3)

aBP: baseline period.

bBC: before COVID-19 era.

cEC: early COVID-19 era.

dMC: middle COVID-19 era.

eLC: late COVID-19 era.

fStatistically significant at the P<.05 level.

gCommercial category includes managed care, workers’ compensation, and self-pay. The government category includes Medicare and other government insurance types. The low-income category includes Medicaid, charity, and indigent.

hMost frequently observed Elixhauser comorbidities shown.

iNo history of COVID-19 within 2 months of encounter.