Table 2.
Clinical outcomes among African-Americans and Caucasians
| Outcomes | Incident Cohort (n=1569) | Prevalent Cohort (n=2087) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| African- American |
Caucasian |
p- value |
African- American |
Caucasian |
p- value |
|
| Delirium n (%) |
66 (8.7) | 84 (10.4) | 0.26 | 142 (14.1) | 151 (14.0) | 0.95 |
| Hyperactive (RASSa +1 to +4)n(%) |
7 (10.6) | 14 (16.6) | 0.16 | 22 (15.5) | 35 (23.2) | 0.13 |
| Hypoactive (RASS 0 to −3) n(%) |
59 (89.4) | 70 (83.4) | 0.53 | 120 (84.5) | 116 (76.8) | 0.40 |
| Coma n (%) |
139 (18.3) | 150 (18.5) | 0.91 | 189 (18.8) | 197 (18.3) | 0.77 |
| Length of hospital stay in days mean (SD) |
10.8 (11.1) |
10.9 (15.5) | 0.48 | 11.6 (12.3) |
11.9 (15.7) | 0.41 |
| In hospital mortality n (%) |
29 (3.9) | 33 (4.1) | 0.79 | 54 (5.4) | 55 (5.1) | 0.78 |
a
RASS; Richmond Agitation Sedation Scale.