Table 1.
Patient characteristics of the entire cohort and according to care team
| Variable | Cardiology (N = 151) | Teaching (N = 60) | Nonteaching (N = 41) | Entire cohort (N = 252) | P value* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years), mean ± SD | 64 ± 13 | 67 ± 13 | 72 ± 14 | 66 ± 14 | 0.01b |
| Female | 50 (33%) | 32 (53%) | 21 (51%) | 103 (41%) | 0.009a |
| Male | 101 (67%) | 28 (47%) | 20 (49%) | 149 (59%) | |
| Race | |||||
| Black | 16 (11%) | 11 (18%) | 5 (12%) | 32 (13%) | 0.63 |
| Hispanic | 18 (12%) | 9 (15%) | 4 (10%) | 31 (12%) | |
| Unknown | 3 (2%) | 0 (0%) | 0 | 3 (1%) | |
| White | 114 (76%) | 40 (67%) | 32 (78%) | 186 (74%) | |
| Comorbidity | |||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 63 (42%) | 27 (45%) | 21 (51%) | 111 (44%) | 0.55 |
| Hypertensione | 106 (70%) | 50 (83%) | 33 (80%) | 189 (75%) | 0.09 |
| Coronary artery diseasee | 83 (55%) | 26 (43%) | 22 (54%) | 131 (52%) | 0.30 |
| Congestive heart failure | 25 (17%) | 11 (18%) | 7 (17%) | 43 (17%) | 0.95 |
| Hyperlipidemiae | 92 (61%) | 35 (58%) | 22 (54%) | 149 (59%) | 0.70 |
| Sleep apnea | 4 (3%) | 4 (7%) | 3 (7%) | 11 (4%) | 0.20 |
| Current smoker | 44 (29%) | 19 (32%) | 7 (17%) | 70 (28%) | 0.23 |
| Current drug used | 3 (2%) | 1 (2%) | 0 | 4 (2%) | 1.00 |
| Inpatient death | 3 (2%) | 3 (5%) | 0 | 6 (2%) | 0.35 |
a
Significant difference between Cardiology vs. Teaching.
b
Significant difference between Cardiology vs. Nonteaching.
c
Significant difference between Teaching vs. Nonteaching.
d
Current drug use is defined as the use of any illegal drugs found in the history and physical.
e
Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and coronary artery disease are defined as a history of these diagnoses in their medical chart.