Table 3.
Patient Characteristics Stratified by Patient Accuracy in Reporting Hospitalizations
| Under‐reporters (n=1012) | P Valuea | Accurate Reporters (n=7720) | Over‐reporters (n=1911) | P Valueb | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics | |||||
| Age | 62 (54, 71) | <0.001 | 60 (52, 68) | 60 (52, 68) | 0.69 |
| Female sex | 34.6% | <0.001 | 26.1% | 30.2% | <0.001 |
| Race | |||||
| White | 83.2% | <0.001 | 89.6% | 89.5% | 0.87 |
| African American | 15.0% | <0.001 | 7.5% | 8.7% | 0.09 |
| Hispanic ethnicity | 2.9% | 0.43 | 3.3% | 3.5% | 0.7 |
| High school graduate | 83.5% | <0.001 | 89.9% | 88.6% | 0.09 |
| Full‐/part‐time employed | 32.2% | <0.001 | 53.8% | 46.8% | <0.001 |
| Health insurance | |||||
| Private | 56.8% | <0.001 | 67.2% | 63.3% | <0.001 |
| Medicare | 47.6% | <0.001 | 31.6% | 35.1% | 0.002 |
| Medicaid | 11.7% | <0.001 | 4.3% | 6.8% | 0.004 |
| Military | 3.9% | <0.001 | 3.4% | 4.2% | <0.001 |
| State‐specific plan | 1.9% | 0.29 | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.08 |
| No insurance | 12.2% | 0.17 | 13.7% | 14.0% | 0.55 |
| Clinical characteristics | |||||
| Past MI | 29.3% | <0.001 | 17.4% | 20.4% | 0.73 |
| Past PCI | 29.5% | <0.001 | 19.9% | 21.4% | 0.003 |
| Past CABG | 16.6% | <0.001 | 7.8% | 10.0% | 0.15 |
| Past stroke or TIA | 9.0% | <0.001 | 4.6% | 6.1% | 0.01 |
| PAD | 13.4% | <0.001 | 4.8% | 6.5% | 0.01 |
| Heart failure | 13.4% | <0.001 | 3.9% | 5.9% | 0.003 |
| AF/flutter | 7.5% | <0.001 | 3.9% | 5.2% | <0.001 |
| Diabetes | 38.4% | <0.001 | 23.4% | 26.3% | 0.01 |
| Hypertension | 78.9% | <0.001 | 65.1% | 69.2% | <0.001 |
| Dyslipidemia | 70.8% | <0.001 | 65.7% | 65.8% | 0.92 |
| Dialysis | 3.8% | <0.001 | 0.6% | 1.0% | 0.04 |
| Current/recent smoker | 38.6% | 0.14 | 36.2% | 35.6% | 0.59 |
| Chronic lung disease | 16.9% | <0.001 | 7.9% | 10.4% | <0.001 |
| Recent GI/GU bleeding | 1.7% | 0.10 | 1.1% | 0.6% | 0.07 |
| Number of comorbidities | <0.001 | 0.005 | |||
| 0 | 3.8% | 8.8% | 7.7% | ||
| 1 | 12.4% | 20.3% | 18.5% | ||
| 2 | 17.4% | 24.0% | 22.3% | ||
| 3 | 17.1% | 19.4% | 20.1% | ||
| 4 | 14.0% | 12.7% | 13.6% | ||
| ≥5 | 35.3% | 14.8% | 17.8% | ||
Values are median (25th, 75th percentile) or n (%). AF indicates atrial fibrillation; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; GI, gastrointestinal; GU, genitourinary; MI, myocardial infarction; PAD, peripheral arterial disease; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TIA, transient ischemic attack.
a
For the comparison between accurate reporters and under‐reporters.
b
For the comparison between accurate reporters and over‐reporters.