. 2015 Jun 18;15:74. doi: 10.1186/s12893-015-0064-7

Table 2.

Characteristics of VA surgery patients with or without serious mental illness, FY2006-FY2009 (N = 321,131)

	Schizophrenia		Bipolar Disorder		PTSD		MDD		Non-SMI
	(n = 7155)		(n = 6795)		(n = 23,178)		(n = 8269)		(n = 275,734)
Characteristic	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD	N or mean	% or SD
Age^a	59.9	10.7	56.1	10.9	59.2	10.1	58.6	11.2	64.6	12.2
Charlson Comorbidity Score^a	2.6	2.6	2.1	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.8	2.7
Selim Chronic Disease Score^a	6.2	2.5	6.3	2.5	6.5	2.4	6.1	2.4	4.7	2.4
Women^a	429	6	994	14.6	1459	6.3	1042	12.6	11,696	4.2
Race
Missing/unknown^a	118	1.6	175	2.6	733	3.2	211	2.6	14,058	5.1
White^a	4605	64.4	5509	81.1	17,047	73.5	6436	77.8	205,788	74.6
African American^a	2241	31.3	928	13.7	4538	19.6	1369	16.6	49,541	18
Asian/Native American	191	2.7	183	2.7	860	3.7	253	3.1	6347	2.3
Hispanic^a	655	9.3	285	4.3	1667	7.4	561	7	15,060	5.8
Married^a	1576	22	2198	32.3	12,610	54.4	3311	40	131,555	47.7
Census Region
Northeast^a	1317	18.4	917	13.5	3101	13.4	1115	13.5	32,931	11.9
Midwest	1422	19.9	1551	22.8	3822	16.5	1886	22.8	56,883	20.6
South^a	2554	35.7	2532	37.3	10,198	44	3275	39.6	119,695	43.4
West	1505	21	1752	25.8	5960	25.7	1797	21.7	62,003	22.5
Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands	357	5	43	0.6	97	0.4	196	2.4	4222	1.5
VA Priority 1 – 50-100 % service-connected disability^a	3687	51.5	2305	33.9	16,428	70.9	2365	28.6	50,627	18.4
Obesity Diagnosis^a	2357	32.9	2575	37.9	8739	37.7	3115	37.7	72,838	26.4
Complications of Surgery	655	9.2	531	7.8	1724	7.4	676	8.2	22,960	8.3
30-day Readmission	1129	15.8	899	13.2	2521	10.9	1048	12.7	32,521	11.8
30-day Postoperative Death	330	4.6	140	2.1	491	2.1	180	2.2	10,255	3.7

^aall means for the serious mental illness groups were significantly different from those for no mental illness at p < .0001