Table 1.
Baseline data.
| Variable | Intervention Group (n=286) |
Control Group (n=285) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years: | 63.7 ± 16.0 | 63.1 ± 15.4 | 0.495 |
| Gender, n(%) | |||
| Male | 132 (46.2) | 140 (49.1) | 0.503 |
| Female | 154 (53.8) | 145 (50.9) | |
| Race, n(%) | |||
| Caucasian | 155 (54.2) | 154 (54.0) | 0.417 |
| African-American | 105 (36.7) | 113 (39.6) | |
| Other | 26 (9.1) | 18 (6.3) | |
| Reason for Hospital Admission | |||
| Cardiac | 12 (4.2) | 15 (5.3) | 0.548 |
| Pulmonary | 64 (22.4) | 72 (25.3) | 0.418 |
| Underlying malignancy | 6 (2.1) | 3 (1.1) | 0.504 |
| Renal disease | 31 (10.8) | 22 (7.7) | 0.248 |
| Thromboembolism | 4 (1.4) | 5 (1.8) | 0.752 |
| Infection | 55 (19.2) | 50 (17.5) | 0.603 |
| Neurologic disease | 33 (11.5) | 22 (7.7) | 0.122 |
| Intra-abdominal disease | 41 (14.3) | 47 (16.5) | 0.476 |
| Hematologic condition | 4 (1.4) | 5 (1.8) | 0.752 |
| Endocrine disorder | 12 (4.2) | 6 (2.1) | 0.153 |
| Source of Hospital Admission | |||
| Emergency department | 201 (70.3) | 203 (71.2) | 0.200 |
| Direct admission | 36 (12.6) | 46 (16.1) | |
| Hospital transfer | 49 (17.1) | 36 (12.6) | |
| Charlson score | 6.7 ± 3.6 | 6.6 ± 3.2 | 0.879 |
| Elixhauser Comorbidities | 7.4 ± 3.5 | 7.5 ± 3.4 | 0.839 |