Table 1.
Patient demographics
| Demographics | Readmit n (%) |
No Readmit n (%) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | |||
| 65–69 | 110 (34%) | 422 (34%) | 0.916 |
| 70–74 | 102 (32%) | 410 (34%) | |
| 75–79 | 71 (22%) | 249 (20%) | |
| 80–84 | 24 (8%) | 119 (10%) | |
| 85+ | 12 (4%) | 24 (2%) | |
| Sex | |||
| Female | 71 (22%) | 228 (19%) | 0.726 |
| Year of Diagnosis | |||
| 2000–2001 | 57 (18%) | 219 (18%) | 0.983 |
| 2002–2003 | 59 (18%) | 241 (20%) | |
| 2004–2005 | 74 (23%) | 295 (24%) | |
| 2006–2007 | 65 (20%) | 258 (21%) | |
| 2008–2009 | 64 (20%) | 211 (17%) | |
| Tumor Stage | |||
| 0 | 10 (3%) | 36 (3%) | 0.990 |
| I | 99 (32%) | 412 (34%) | |
| II | 124 (40%) | 484 (40%) | |
| III | 55 (18%) | 196 (16%) | |
| IV | 22 (7%) | 71 (6%) | |
| Comorbidities | |||
| Induction chemotherapy | 137 (43%) | 445 (36%) | 0.032 |
| COPD | 41 (13%) | 98 (8%) | 0.011 |
| Diabetes | 32 (10%) | 167 (14%) | 0.092 |
| Congestive heart failure | 7 (2%) | 34 (3%) | 0.697 |
| Myocardial infarction | 5 (2%) | 10 (1%) | 0.212 |
| Peripheral vascular disease | 8 (3%) | 18 (1%) | 0.220 |
COPD: Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease