Table 1.
Patient Demographics and Baseline Clinical Characteristics.
| Patient Characteristic | No. (%) |
|---|---|
| Total | 139 |
| Age, median (SD) | 24 (9) |
| Gender | |
| Male | 120 (86) |
| Female | 19 (14) |
| Race | |
| Black | 130 (94) |
| White | 7 (5) |
| Asian | 1 (1) |
| Unknown | 1 (1) |
| Comorbidities | |
| Diabetes | 3 (2.2) |
| Immunosuppression | 2 (1.4) |
| Renal | 2 (1.4) |
| Psych | 5 (4) |
| None | 128 (92) |
| Active drug use | |
| Yes, intravenous | 4 (3) |
| Yes, not intravenous | 50 (36) |
| No | 80 (57) |
| Unknown | 6 (4) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Yes | 78 (56) |
| No | 57 (41) |
| Mechanism of injury | |
| Violence | 137 (99) |
| Self | 1 |
| Accidental | 1 |
| Arm involved | |
| Right | 62 (45) |
| Left | 77 (55) |