Table 2.

Comorbidities of patients with varying surgical delays. Bolded cells with an asterisk represent a significance of P < .05.

	Same Day, %	1 d, %	2 d, %	3–6 d, %	7–14 d, %	14–30 d, %	P Value
Diabetes	12.90	17.60	18.10	19.30	19.20	18.90	< .001*
Chronic pulmonary disease	11.90	12.10	12.30	14.50	14.90	12.40	< .001*
Myocardial infarction	2.20	2.90	2.20	3.10	3.50	2.60	< .001*
Rheumatological conditions	2.00	3.00	3.20	3.30	2.90	3.10	< .001*
Renal disease	1.90	7.00	9.40	11.90	14.20	14.80	< .001*
Congestive heart failure	1.80	5.30	8.20	9.40	12.90	14.80	< .001*
Diabetes with complications	1.30	3.90	5.60	6.10	7.60	7.90	< .001*
Pulmonary vascular disease	1.20	2.10	3.40	4.30	3.70	3.20	< .001*
Cancer	1.10	4.20	5.00	4.90	6.20	6.40	< .001*
Any stroke	0.80	1.90	1.40	2.50	3.40	4.00	< .001*
Peptic ulcer disease	0.60	0.90	1.30	1.00	1.40	2.30	< .001*
Liver disease	0.40	2.50	2.10	2.50	2.50	2.80	< .001*
Metastasis	0.30	1.60	1.70	2.00	1.70	2.80	< .001*
AIDS	0.20	0.90	0.80	1.10	1.40	1.00	< .001*
Severe liver disease	0.10	0.50	0.80	1.00	1.20	2.00	< .001*
Dementia	0.00	0.20	0.00	0.30	0.60	0.60	< .001*