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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 21.
Published in final edited form as: Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2011 Dec 6;5(1):21–30. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.110.960385

Table 3.

Patients and Hospital Characteristics Stratified by Quartiles of Hospital IABP Usage

Demographics Total
181599
Hospital IABP Usage
Overall P
Quartile 1
41941
Quartile 2
49962
Quartile 3
50165
Quartile 4
39531
Admission Status <0.001
 Outpatient Referral 18549 (10.2) 5945 (14.2) 4183 (8.4) 4727 (9.4) 3694 (9.3)
 Emergency Department 96328 (53.0) 21725 (51.8) 26230 (52.5) 25205 (50.2) 23168 (58.6)
 Transfer from Acute Care Facility 62602 (34.5) 13298 (31.7) 18562 (37.2) 18949 (37.8) 11793 (29.8)
 Transfer from Non-Acute Facility 2099 (1.2) 461 (1.1) 560 (1.1) 662 (1.3) 416 (1.1)
 Other 2021 (1.1) 512 (1.2) 427 (0.9) 622 (1.2) 460 (1.2)
Age: Mean (SD) 61.9 (13.1) 61.7 (13.1) 61.3 (13.0) 62.3 (13.2) 62.4 (13.1) <0.001
Female (%) 52491 (28.9) 12244 (29.2) 14189 (28.4) 14563 (29.0) 11495 (29.1) 0.031
Race <0.001
 White (%) 153097 (84.3) 36236 (86.4) 42781 (85.6) 40844 (81.4) 33236 (84.1)
 Black (%) 11643 (6.4) 2551 (6.1) 3238 (6.5) 3478 (6.9) 2376 (6.0)
 Other (%) 16859 (9.3) 3154 (7.5) 3943 (7.9) 5843 (11.6) 3919 (9.9)
Payor <0.001
 Government (%) 82549 (45.5) 19747 (47.1) 22430 (44.9) 22024 (43.9) 18348 (46.4)
 Commercial (%) 56831 (31.3) 13779 (32.9) 15628 (31.3) 15783 (31.5) 11641 (29.4)
 HMO (%) 22283 (12.3) 3798 (9.1) 5972 (12.0) 7179 (14.3) 5334 (13.5)
 Other (%) 19936 (11.0) 4617 (11.0) 5932 (11.9) 5179 (10.3) 4208 (10.6)
Cardiac Status
Admission Symptom Presentation <0.001
 No Angina (%) 6804 (37) 1492 (3.6) 1541 (3.1) 2081 (4.2) 1690 (4.3)
 Atypical Chest Pain (%) 2225 (1.2) 469 (1.1) 526 (1.1) 712 (1.4) 518 (1.3)
 Stable Angina (%) 4249 (2.3) 1057 (2.5) 969 (1.9) 1236 (2.5) 987 (2.5)
 ACS: Unstable Angina (%) 11874 (6.5) 3042 (7.3) 2936 (5.9) 3264 (6.5) 2632 (6.7)
 ACS: Non-ST Elevation MI (%) 12257 (6.7) 2641 (6.3) 3024 (6.1) 3516 (7.0) 3076 (7.8)
 ACS: ST Elevation MI (%) 144190 (79.4) 33240 (79.3) 40966 (82.0) 39356 (78.5) 30628 (77.5)
Cardiogenic Shock (%) 21259 (11.7) 4122 (9.8) 5479 (11.0) 6204 (12.4) 5454 (13.8) <0.001
Door to Balloon time: Mean (SD) 107.6 (246.1) 109.1 (256.5) 108.7 (253.4) 104.1 (238.6) 109.1 (235.3) 0.038
CHF - Current Status (%) 28794 (15.9) 5897 (14.1) 7600 (15.2) 8595 (17.1) 6702 (17.0) <0.001
PCI Status <0.001
 Elective 20189 (11.1) 4446 (10.6) 5149 (10.3) 5908 (11.8) 4686 (11.9)
 Urgent 38824 (21.4) 9651 (23.0) 10706 (21.4) 10623 (21.2) 7844 (19.8)
 Emergency 120102 (66.1) 27351 (65.2) 33521 (67.1) 32887 (65.6) 26343 (66.6)
 Salvage 2452 (1.4) 485 (1.2) 582 (1.2) 740 (1.5) 645 (1.6)
NYHA <0.001
 Class I 40485 (22.3) 10592 (25.3) 10137 (20.3) 11320 (22.6) 8436 (21.3)
 Class II 16279 (9.0) 3879 (9.2) 4384 (8.8) 4136 (8.2) 3880 (9.8)
 Class III 36896 (20.3) 8955 (21.4) 10622 (21.3) 9656 (19.2) 7663 (19.4)
 Class IV 87939 (48.4) 18515 (44.1) 24819 (49.7) 25053 (49.9) 19552 (49.5)
Ejection Fraction: Mean (SD) 41.4 (15.2) 41.3 (15.1) 42.4 (15.0) 41.2 (15.5) 40.6 (15.2) <0.001
History and Risk Factors
Previous MI (>7 Days) 42701 (23.5) 10252 (24.4) 11296 (22.6) 11572 (23.1) 9581 (24.2) <0.001
CHF - Previous History 21127 (11.6) 4779 (11.4) 5128 (10.3) 6211 (12.4) 5009 (12.7) <0.001
Previous Valvular Surgery 1480 (0.8) 315 (0.8) 306 (0.6) 438 (0.9) 421(1.1) <0.001
Diabetes 46577 (25.7) 10538 (25.1) 12492 (25.0) 13057 (26.0) 10490 (26.5) <0.001
Renal Failure - Previous History 9250 (5.1) 1900 (4.5) 2343 (4.7) 2755 (5.5) 2252 (5.7) <0.001
Renal Failure - Dialysis 2800 (1.5) 573 (1.4) 670 (1.3) 888 (1.8) 669 (1.7) <0.001
Peripheral Vascular Disease 16241 (8.9) 3713 (8.9) 4353 (8.7) 4537 (9.0) 3638 (9.2) 0.055
Hypertension 116278 (64.0) 26818 (63.9) 31587 (63.2) 32363 (64.5) 25510 (64.5) <0.001
Current Use of Tobacco 73587 (40.5) 17648 (42.1) 21387 (42.8) 19178 (38.2) 15374 (38.9) <0.001
Chronic Lung Disease 27052 (14.9) 6058 (14.4) 7619 (15.2) 7349 (14.6) 6026 (15.2) <0.001
Dyslipidemia 111215 (61.2) 26555 (63.3) 30103 (60.3) 30584 (61.0) 23973 (60.6) <0.001
Family History of CAD age <55 41704 (23.0) 9645 (23.0) 11577 (23.2) 11132 (22.2) 9350 (23.7) <0.001
Previous PCI 39785 (21.9) 9471 (22.6) 10703 (21.4) 11000 (21.9) 8611 (21.8) <0.001
Previous CABG 18812 (10.4) 4415 (10.5) 4837 (9.7) 5278 (10.5) 4282 (10.8) <0.001
Hospital Characteristics
Location <0.001
 Rural 2289 (1.3) 838 (2.0) 315 (0.6) 746(1.5) 390 (1.0)
 Suburban 163203 (89.9) 39304 (93.7) 44854 (89.8) 44679 (89.1) 34366 (86.9)
 Urban 16107 (8.9) 1799 (4.3) 4793 (9.6) 4740 (9.4) 4775 (12.1)
Profit Type <0.001
 Government 24276 (13.4) 5520 (13.2) 7338 (14.7) 5737 (11.4) 5681 (14.4)
 Private/Community 47866 (26.4) 12057 (28.8) 12196 (24.4) 12705 (25.3) 10908 (27.6)
 University 109457 (60.3) 24364 (58.1) 30428 (60.9) 31723 (63.2) 22942 (58.0)
Patient Beds: Mean (SD) 461.9 (232.2) 429.8 (231.8) 457.0 (184.0) 485.6 (257.2) 472.0 (249.1) <0.001