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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Mar 24;5(1):151–161. doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0352-2

Table 2.

Incidence of selected outcomes within 30-days of surgery*

TKA THA
White Men (N=21900) White Women (N=35530) Black Men (N=1190) Black Women (N=3455) P-value White Men (N=16167) White Women (N=20330) Black Men (N=1318) Black Women (N=1519) P-value
Mortality, (%) 38 (0.2) 41 (0.1) 0 (0.0) 1 (0.0) .044 31 (0.2) 31 (0.2) 3 (0.2) 0 (0.0) .294
Pulmonary embolism, (%) 120 (0.5) 225 (0.6) 15 (1.3) 38 (1.1) <.001 32 (0.2) 47 (0.2) 5 (0.4) 6 (0.4) .281
Wound infection, (%) 147 (0.7) 233 (0.7) 12 (1) 15 (0.4) .175 139 (0.9) 175 (0.9) 16 (1.2) 18 (1.2) .382
Sepsis, number, (%) 80 (0.4) 75 (0.2) 7 (0.6) 13 (0.4) .001 66 (0.4) 64 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 12 (0.8) .0211
Bleeding requiring transfusion, (%) 2674 (12.2) 5292 (14.9) 139 (11.7) 567 (16.4) <.001 1850 (11.4) 4126 (20.3) 171 (13) 383 (25.2) <.001
Myocardial Infarction, (%) 99 (0.5) 86 (0.2) 1 (0.1) 12 (0.3) <.001 58 (0.4) 51 (0.3) 4 (0.3) 4 (0.3) .308
Pneumonia, number, (%) 91 (0.4) 102 (0.3) 3 (0.3) 14 (0.4) .061 61 (0.4) 62 (0.3) 8 (0.6) 6 (0.4) .248
Renal failure, number, (%) 24 (0.1) 20 (0.1) 1 (0.1) 3 (0.1) .169 14 (0.1) 5 (0.0) 1 (0.1) 2 (0.1) .047
Composite outcome, (%) 3088 (14.1) 5845 (16.5) 170 (14.3) 631 (18.3) <.001 2117 (13.1) 4380 (21.5) 197 (14.9) 406 (26.7) <.001
Composite outcome without bleeding, (%) 500 (2.3) 696 (2) 36 (3) 85 (2.5) .003 344 (2.1) 371 (1.8) 34 (2.6) 40 (2.6) .020
Hospital length-of-stay, mean (SD) 3.1 (3.3) 3.2 (4.1) 3.2 (1.5) 3.3 (1.5) <.001 2.9 (4.6) 3.2 (4.7) 3.3 (3.7) 3.4 (2.1) <.001
White Men (N=19759) White Women (N=31956) Black Men (N=1082) Black Women (N=3118) White Men (N=14845) White Women (N=18562) Black Men (N=1215) Black Women (N=1385)
Discharge to nursing home or skilled care, (%) 3268 (16.5) 7998 (25.0) 204 (18.9) 879 (28.2) <.001 2002 (12.4) 4297 (21.1) 197 (14.9) 357 (23.5) <.001
Readmission within 30-days of surgery, (%) 865 (4.4) 1031 (3.2) 63 (5.8) 111 (3.6) <.001 559 (3.8) 684 (3.7) 42 (3.5) 65 (4.7) .269
*

Discharge destination and readmission limited to patients who underwent procedures in 2011– 2013 when these variables became available in the NSQIP PUF.