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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jun 25.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2012 Oct;152(4):668–675. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.08.017

Table 2.

Comorbidities of subjects according to center of care (TC* vs. non-TC).

TC Non-TC P value
Congestive heart failure (%) 2,212 (4.9) 4,766 (8.0) <0.000
Arrhythmias (%) 3,139 (7.0) 5,918 (10.0) <0.000
Valvular disease (%) 1,224 (2.7) 2,457 (4.2) <0.000
Pulmonary circulation disorders (%) 164 (0.4) 366 (0.6) <0.000
Peripheral vascular disease (%) 675 (1.5) 1,851 (3.1) <0.000
Hypertension (%) 10,854 (24.3) 21,463 (36.2) <0.000
Paralysis (%) 243 (0.5) 275 (0.5) 0.07
Neurological disorders, other (%) 751 (1.7) 1,772 (3.0) <0.000
Chronic pulmonary disease (%) 4,299 (9.6) 8,020 (13.5) <0.000
Diabetes, uncomplicated (%) 4,254 (9.5) 8,302 (14.0) <0.000
Diabetes, complicated (%) 601 (1.3) 1,474 (2.5) <0.000
Hypothyroidism (%) 2,377 (5.3) 5,537 (9.3) <0.000
Renal failure (%) 727 (1.6) 1,432 (2.4) <0.000
Liver disease (%) 283 (0.6) 391 (0.7) 0.59
Peptic ulcer disease (%) 151 (0.3) 410 (0.7) <0.000
AIDS (%) 72 (0.2) 28 (0.1) <0.000
Lymphoma (%) 106 (0.2) 206 (0.4) 0.001
Metastatic cancer (%) 166 (0.4) 384 (0.7) <0.000
Solid tumor 397 (0.9) 800 (1.4) <0.000
Rheumatoid arthritis/collagen vascular disease (%) 540 (1.2) 1,234 (2.1) <0.000
Coagulopathy (%) 566 (1.3) 701 (1.2) 0.23
Obesity (%) 575 (1.3) 1,275 (2.2) <0.000
Weight loss (%) 219 (0.5) 429 (0.7) <0.000
Electrolyte disorder (%) 2,383 (5.3) 4,742 (8.0) <0.000
Blood loss anemia (%) 155 (0.4) 415 (0.7) <0.000
Deficiency anemia (%) 1,386 (3.1) 3,481 (5.9) <0.000
Alcohol abuse (%) 4,946 (11.1) 1,779 (3.0) <0.000
Drug abuse (%) 2,438 (5.5) 704 (1.2) <0.000
Psychoses (%) 1.574 (3.5) 1,640 (2.8) <0.000
Depression (%) 2,668 (6.0) 4,321 (7.3) <0.000
*

TC, trauma center

Non-TC, non-trauma center