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Table 3.

Baseline characteristics of SCAD patients with and without ICD placement.

Variables		No ICD		ICD		p-value
Number of patients		24,480		140
Age		59.93 $\pm$ 14.40		61.82 $\pm$ 15.00		0.506
		n	%	n	%
Female		14,580	59.56	70	50.00	0.3041
Race
	White	18,150	74.14	115	82.14	$<$ 0.001
Hospital bed size						0.6797
	Small	3455	14.11	25	17.86
	Medium	6880	28.10	30	21.43
	Large	14,145	57.78	85	60.71
Hospital teaching status						0.3033
	Rural	-	-	-	-
	Urban non-teaching	-	-	-	-
	Urban teaching	18,975	77.51	125	89.29
Primary payment coverage						0.8493
	Medicare	9600	39.22	45	32.14
	Medicaid	2625	10.72	20	14.29
	Private insurance	10,225	41.77	65	46.43
	Self-pay	-	-	-	-
	No charge	-	-	-	-
	Other	-	-	-	-
Median household income						0.7919
	1–28,999	6260	25.57	45	32.14
	29,000–35,999	6100	24.92	25	17.86
	36,000–46,999	6765	27.63	40	28.57
	47,000+	5355	21.88	30	21.43
Hospital region						0.0148
	Northeast	4350	17.77	55	39.29
	Midwest	5790	23.65	35	25.00
	South	9135	37.32	40	28.57
	West	-	-	-	-
Congestive heart failure		7710	31.50	110	78.57	$<$ 0.001
Ventricular arrhythmias		3590	14.67	125	89.29	$<$ 0.001
Valvular heart diseases		2615	10.68	25	17.86	0.2216
Pulmonary circulatory disorders		845	3.45	20	14.29	0.002
Peripheral vascular disease		2705	11.05	20	14.29	0.5865
Hypertension		17,125	69.96	85	60.71	0.2892
Diabetes mellitus		5920	24.18	15	10.71	0.0966
Other neurologic disorders		1640	6.70	25	17.86	0.0191
Chronic lung disease		4355	17.79	15	10.71	0.3287
Hypothyroidism		2770	11.32	25	17.86	0.276
CKD		3045	12.44	15	10.71	0.7824
Liver disease		1110	4.53	35	25.00	$<$ 0.001
Obesity		5280	21.57	30	21.43	0.9857
Weight loss		585	2.39	20	14.29	0.0001
Fluid and electrolyte disorders		5680	23.20	75	53.57	0.0001
Alcohol abuse		625	2.55	15	10.71	0.0069
Prior MI		2955	12.07	20	14.29	0.7197
Cost of hospitalization		32,015 $\pm$ 35,369		102,137 $\pm$ 61,756		$<$ 0.001
LOS		4.80 $\pm$ 6.30		14.71 $\pm$ 9.95		$<$ 0.001
Mortality		-	-	-	-

CKD, chronic kidney disease; LOS, length of stay; MI, myocardial infarction; SCAD, spontaneous coronary artery dissection; ICD, implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

*Any variable with $\leq$ 10 patients was not reported per Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) guidelines and appears as (-) in the table.

⁺Data on other races are not reported as this contained a cell count of $\leq$ 10.