Table 1.
Patient information.
| Cancer n=1837 |
No cancer n=3603 |
Difference | 95% CI of difference | P value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 69.8(14.0) | 62.4(19.2) | 7.4 | 6.5–8.3 | < 0.01 |
| Gender | < 0.01 | ||||
| Female | 845 (46.0%) | 1933 (53.6%) | |||
| Male | 992 (54.0%) | 1670 (46.4%) | 7.7% | 5.7% to 9.6% | |
| Race | < 0.01 | ||||
| Caucasian | 1737 (94.6%) | 3315 (92.0%) | |||
| Other | 100 (5.4%) | 288 (8.0%) | −2.5% | −3.5% to −1.6% | |
| ESI | < 0.01 | ||||
| 1 or 2 | 655 (35.9%) | 1101 (30.6%) | |||
| 3, 4, or 5 | 1172 (64.1%) | 2502 (69.4%) | −5.3% | −7.2% to −3.4% | |
| Lactate (mmol/L) | 0.45 | ||||
| 0–2 | 1337 (72.8%) | 2690 (74.4%) | −1.6% | −4.1 to 0.8% | |
| 2–4 | 421 (22.9%) | 776 (21.5%) | 1.4% | −0.1 to 3.7% | |
| 4+ | 79 (4.2%) | 147 (4.1%) | 0.1% | −0.1% to 1.3% |
CI, confidence interval; ESI, Emergency Severity Index.