Table 1. Baseline characteristics.
| All, n = 8,939 | Revascularization | P-value | ||
| CABG (n = 3,510; 39.3%) | PCI (n = 5,429; 60.7%) | |||
| Data are presented as median (IQR) or n (%). 1Analysis restricted to patients who underwent revascularization before January 1, 2019. *Suppressed according to CMS data policy. CABG: coronary artery bypass grafting; PCI: percutaneous coronary intervention. | ||||
| Age, yrs | 79.1 (74.1–83.9) | 76.7 (72.6–80.9) | 81.0 (75.5–85.7) | < 0.001 |
| Sex | < 0.001 | |||
| Male | 5,511 (61.7%) | 2,477 (70.67%) | 3,034 (55.97%) | |
| Female | 3,428 (38.37%) | 1,033 (29.47%) | 2,395 (44.17%) | |
| Race | 0.18 | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 7,265 (81.37%) | 2,867 (81.77%) | 4,398 (81.07%) | |
| Black (or African-American) | 689 (7.77%) | 250 (7.17%) | 439 (8.17%) | |
| Other/Unknown | 120 (1.37%) | 56 (1.67%) | 64 (1.27%) | |
| Asian/Native American | 240 (2.77%) | 99 (2.87%) | 141 (2.67%) | |
| Hispanic | 625 (7.07%) | 238 (6.87%) | 387 (7.17%) | |
| Frail | 7,104 (79.57%) | 2,633 (75.07%) | 4,471 (82.47%) | < 0.001 |
| Community dwelling1 | 5,890 (84.47%) | 2,516 (90.77%) | 3,374 (80.37%) | < 0.001 |
| Admission Urgency | < 0.001 | |||
| Other | 3,947 (44.27%) | 2,163 (61.67%) | 1,784 (32.97%) | |
| Urgent/Emergent | 4,992 (55.87%) | 1,347 (38.47%) | 3,645 (67.17%) | |
| Dual Eligibility | 2,444 (27.37%) | 793 (22.67%) | 1,651 (30.47%) | < 0.001 |
| Patient Geography | 0.63 | |||
| Metropolitan | 6,617 (74.07%) | 2,608 (74.37%) | 4,009 (73.87%) | |
| Non-Metropolitan | 2,322 (26.07%) | 902 (25.77%) | 1,420 (26.27%) | |
| Elixhauser in-hospital mortality index | 11.0 (0–23) | 7.0 (−2–19) | 13.0 (1–26) | < 0.001 |
| Cerebrovascular disease | 1,626 (18.2%) | 703 (20.0%) | 923 (17.0%) | < 0.001 |
| Obesity | 2,419 (27.1%) | 1,107 (31.5%) | 1,312 (24.2%) | < 0.001 |
| Diabetes with chronic complications | 4,353 (48.7%) | 1,726 (49.2%) | 2,627 (48.4%) | 0.01 |
| Heart failure | 4,632 (51.8%) | 1,441 (41.1%) | 3,191 (58.8%) | < 0.001 |
| Hypertension, complicated | 6,190 (69.2%) | 2,253 (64.2%) | 3,937 (72.5%) | < 0.001 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 3,699 (41.4%) | 1,484 (42.3%) | 2,215 (40.8%) | 0.17 |
| Chronic pulmonary disease | 3,335 (37.3%) | 1,277 (36.4%) | 2,058 (37.9%) | 0.15 |
| Renal failure | 2,822 (31.6%) | 981 (27.9%) | 1,841 (33.9%) | < 0.001 |