Table 4.
Patient demographic and clinical characteristics of the WLS group.
| Characteristic | Early WLS (n = 85) |
Late WLS (n = 152) |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | 0.614 | ||
| M | 52 (61.2) | 98 (64.5) | |
| F | 33 (38.8) | 54 (35.5) | |
| Age, Overall (mean ± SD) | 64.5 ± 18.7 | 61.2 ± 16.9 | 0.175 |
| Race | 0.151 | ||
| White | 45 (52.9) | 96 (63.2) | |
| Black | 25 (29.4) | 38 (25.0) | |
| Hispanic | 6 (7.1) | 4 (2.6) | |
| Other | 6 (7.1) | 13 (8.6) | |
| Unknown | 3 (3.5) | 1 (0.7) | |
| Etiology | 0.073 | ||
| Flame | 81 (95.3) | 128 (84.2) | |
| Scald | 0 (0) | 4 (2.6) | |
| Other | 3 (3.5) | 17 (11.2) | |
| Unknown | 1 (1.2) | 3 (2.0) | |
| CCI, median (IQR) | 0 (0 – 1) | >1 (0 −2) | 0.086 |
| TBSA, median (IQR) | 58.3 (1 – 82.5) | 28 (12 – 50) | < 0.001 |
| Inhalation injury | 43 (50.6) | 71 (46.7) | 0.046 |
| Unknown | 7 (8.2) | 3 (2.0) | |
| Mechanical ventilation | 17 (20.0) | 123 (80.9) | < 0.001 |
| Unknown | 60 (70.6) | 12 (7.9) | |