Table 3.

Prevalence of medical condition by elective versus emergent status

Variable	Emergent	Elective	p value
Alcohol abuse	1.70 (0.29)	0.62 (0.11)	<0.0001
Deficiency anemia	15.37 (0.81)	10.03 (0.46)	<0.0001
Chronic lung disease	19.00 (0.86)	19.58 (0.56)	0.5638
Depression	8.53 (0.66)	10.20 (0.45)	0.0426
Diabetes	10.71 (0.65)	8.16 (0.35)	0.0002
Diabetes w/complications	0.78 (0.22)	0.49 (0.09)	0.1614
Liver disease	1.33 (0.24)	1.46 (0.16)	0.6455
Electrolyte disorder	33.02 (1.26)	7.36 (0.39)	<0.0001
Obesity	6.85 (0.57)	11.34 (0.54)	<0.0001
Renal failure	4.59 (0.46)	1.51 (0.16)	<0.0001
Peptic ulcer disease	0.41 (0.15)	0.09 (0.04)	0.0039
Weight loss/malnutrition	9.61 (0.70)	2.42 (0.22)	<0.0001
Died	3.17 (0.39)	0.37 (0.08)	<0.0001
Female	64.37 (1.13)	69.66 (0.64)	<0.0001

All results reported as % of patients with the comorbidity (standard error in parenthesis)