Table 1.
Characteristics of Patients, Stratified by Presence of any Complication, including Death
| Characteristica | Any Complication (N = 414) |
No Complication (N = 392) |
|---|---|---|
| Age, mean (SD), y | 56.2 (15.3) | 46.6 (20.1) |
| Female | 155 (37.4) | 144 (36.7) |
| Raceb | ||
| White | 88 (21.9) | 75 (20.0) |
| Black | 97 (24.1) | 82 (21.8) |
| Hispanic | 111 (27.6) | 96 (25.5) |
| Asian | 75 (18.7) | 81 (21.5) |
| Other | 31 (7.7) | 42 (11.2) |
| Payment source | ||
| Medicare | 115 (27.8) | 92 (23.5) |
| Medicaid | 145 (35.0) | 139 (35.5) |
| Private | 112 (27.1) | 98 (25.0) |
| Self-pay | 19 (4.6) | 32 (8.2) |
| Other | 23 (5.6) | 31 (7.9) |
| State | ||
| California | 209 (52.5) | 189 (48.5) |
| New York | 107 (48.4) | 114 (51.6) |
| Florida | 98 (52.4) | 89 (47.6) |
| HIV | 63 (15.2) | 54 (13.8) |
| Elixhauser comorbiditiesc, mean (SD) | 2.9 (1.9) | 2.2 (1.7) |
a
Data are presented as number (%) unless otherwise specified.
b
Self-reported by patients or their surrogates. Numbers do not sum to group totals because of missing race/ethnicity data in 3.5% of patients.
c
The Elixhauser comorbidities represent a comprehensive set of 28 comorbidity measures for use with large administrative datasets.
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation