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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jan 3.
Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2016 Jan 22;196(1):124–130. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2016.01.056

Table 2.

Univariate analysis to assess predictors of timely procedural intervention

First Intervention
within 48 hrs
First Intervention
after 48 hrs
p Value
Pt demographics
Mean pt age (SD) 54.9 (17.3) 57.7 (18.1) <0.001
No. male (%) 3,062 (45.9) 1,789 (49.6) <0.001
No. race (%):
  Caucasian 4,575 (68.4) 2,297 (63.6) <0.001
  African-American 428 (6.4) 284 (7.9)
  Hispanic 1,231 (18.4) 788 (21.8)
  Asian 190 (2.8) 79 (2.2)
  Other/unknown 265 (4.0) 164 (4.5)
No. primary insurance
  provider (%):
  Public insurance 3,063 (45.8) 2,085 (57.0) <0.001
  Private insurance 2,621 (39.2) 1,041 (28.8)
  Self-pay/uninsured 1,005 (15.0) 513 (14.2)
No. weekend admission (%) 1,672 (25.0) 1,138 (31.5) <0.001
Medical comorbidities
No. diabetes mellitus,
  type II (%)
1,339 (20.0) 853 (23.6) <0.001
No. hypertension (%) 2,630 (39.3) 1,655 (45.8) <0.001
No. congestive heart
  failure (%)
231 (3.5) 217 (6.0) <0.001
No. coronary artery
  disease (%)
802 (12.0) 573 (15.9) <0.001
No. chronic renal
  insufficiency (%)
816 (12.2) 636 (17.6) <0.001
No. chronic lung disease (%) 747 (11.2) 477 (13.2) 0.002
Mean Charlson comorbidity
  index (SD)
0.9 (1.3) 1.2 (1.6) <0.001
Presenting diagnoses
No. stone location (%):
  Kidney 1,008 (15.1) 705 (19.5) <0.001
  Ureter 5,681 (84.9) 2,907 (80.5)
No. urinary tract infection (%) 4,432 (66.3) 2,382 (66.0) 0.8
No. hydronephrosis (%) 5,292 (79.1) 2,923 (80.9) 0.03
No. sepsis (%) 238 (3.6) 98 (2.7) 0.02
No. acute renal
  insufficiency (%)
2,679 (40.1) 1,553 (43.0) 0.004
Primary intervention
No. urological
  intervention (%)
6,628 (99.1) 3,547 (98.2) <0.001
No. interventional radiology
  intervention (%)
61 (0.9) 65 (1.8)
Outcomes
No. new onset acute renal
  insufficiency (%)
69 (1.0) 64 (1.8) 0.001
No. new onset sepsis (%) 58 (0.9) 37 (1.0) 0.4
No. inpatient mortality (%) 11 (0.16) 17 (0.47) 0.002