Table 2.
Prevalence, and Oddsa of Individual Comorbidities in Blacks Versus Whites
| Prevalence (n, %) |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Elixhauser Comorbidity | Whites | Blacks | OR (95% CI) |
| None | 16,950 (35.7) | 1,658 (25.9) | NA |
| Alcoholism | 241 (0.5) | 81 (1.3) | 2.51 (1.95, 3.23) |
| Anemia: blood loss | 4,087 (8.6) | 900 (14.1) | 1.74 (1.61, 1.88) |
| Anemia: deficiency | 3,895 (8.2) | 849 (13.3) | 1.71 (1.58, 1.85) |
| Arrhythmia | 4,619 (9.7) | 512 (8.0) | 0.81 (0.73, 0.89) |
| Coagulopathy | 1,001 (2.1) | 127 (2.0) | 0.94 (0.78, 1.13) |
| CHF | 1,685 (3.6) | 362 (5.7) | 1.63 (1.45, 1.83) |
| COPD | 6,103 (1.3) | 803 (12.5) | 0.97 (0.90, 1.05) |
| Depression | 789 (1.7) | 85 (1.3) | 0.80 (0.64, 1.00) |
| Diabetes: complicated | 288 (0.6) | 95 (1.5) | 2.47 (1.95, 3.12) |
| Diabetes: uncomplicated | 6,324 (13.3) | 1,397 (21.8) | 1.82 (1.70, 1.94) |
| Electrolyte abnormality | 1,021 (2.2) | 250 (3.9) | 1.85 (1.61, 2.13) |
| Hypertension | 19,193 (40.4) | 3,739 (58.4) | 2.07 (1.96, 2.18) |
| Hypothyroidism | 2,572 (5.4) | 214 (3.3) | 0.60 (0.52, 0.70) |
| Liver disease | 759 (1.6) | 131 (2.0) | 1.29 (1.07, 1.55) |
| Neurological disease | 873 (1.8) | 155 (2.4) | 1.32 (1.11, 1.57) |
| Paralysis | 246 (0.5) | 71 (1.1) | 2.15 (1.65, 2.81) |
| Peptic ulcer disease | 371 (0.8) | 75 (1.2) | 1.50 (1.17, 1.93) |
| Psychosis | 325 (0.7) | 124 (1.9) | 2.86 (2.33, 3.53) |
| PVD | 2,884 (6.1) | 445 (7.0) | 1.15 (1.04, 1.28) |
| Renal insufficiency | 795 (1.7) | 275 (4.3) | 2.63 (2.29, 3.03) |
| Rheumatologic disease | 915 (1.9) | 115 (1.8) | 0.93 (0.77, 1.13) |
| Stroke | 946 (2.0) | 268 (4.2) | 2.15 (1.87, 2.47) |
| Valvular disease | 2,452 (5.2) | 285 (4.5) | 0.86 (0.75, 0.97) |
| Weight loss | 111 (0.2) | 55 (0.9) | 3.70 (2.67, 5.11) |
Note: OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; CHF = coronary heart failure; COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; PVD = peripheral vascular disease.
a
Odds ratio of individual comorbidity in Blacks versus Whites.