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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Surgery. 2019 Feb 18;165(5):1035–1045. doi: 10.1016/j.surg.2019.01.002

Table 2.

Summary of reference cohort and testing cohort.

Overall reference cohort (N=10,000) Testing cohort (n=150)
Demographic features
 Age, median (25th-75th) 56 (43, 68) 62 (51, 70)
 Female sex, n (%) 4898 (49) 73 (49)
 Race, n (%)
  White 8032 (80) 125 (83)
  African-American 1235 (12) 19 (13)
  Hispanic 338 (3) 4 (3)
  Other 210 (2) 1 (1)
Primary insurance group, n (%)
  Medicare 3845 (38) 71 (47)
  Medicaid 1294 (13) 17 (11)
  Private 4088 (41) 57 (38)
  Uninsured 773 (8) 5 (3)
Socio-economic features
 Neighborhood characteristics
  Rural area, n (%) 3156 (32) 50 (33)
  Total population, median (25th-75th) 17176 (10002, 27782) 16192 (9812, 25971)
  Median income, median (25th-75th) 33221 (28400, 40385) 33293 (28589, 41410)
  Total proportion of African-Americans (%), mean (SD) 15 (15) 16 (16)
  Total proportion of Hispanic (%), mean (SD) 6 (6) 5 (6)
  Population proportion below poverty (%), mean (SD) 15 (8) 14 (8)
  Distance from residency to hospital (km), median (25th75th) 54.1 (26.7, 117.7) 47.8 (21.9, 99.4)
Comorbidity features
  Charlson's comorbidity index (CCI), median (25th-75th) 1 (0, 2)
  Cancer, n (%) 2025 (20) 27 (18)
  Diabetes, n (%) 1620 (16) 25 (17)
  Chronic pulmonary disease, n (%) 1573 (16) 30 (20)
  Peripheral vascular disease, n (%) 1131 (11) 26 (17)
  Cerebrovascular disease, n (%) 823 (8) 28 (19)
  Congestive heart failure, n (%) 781 (8) 20 (13)
  Myocardial infarction, n (%) 650 (7) 17 (11)
  Liver disease, n (%) 503 (5) 10 (7)
Operative features
Admission
 Weekend admission, n (%) 142 (14) 26 (17)
 Admission source, n (%)
  Emergency room 2637 (27) 45 (30)
  Outpatient setting 5900 (60) 76 (51)
  Transfer 1334 (14) 29 (19)
 Emergent surgery status, n (%) 4545 (45) 80 (53)
 Surgery type, n (%)
  Cardiothoracic surgery 1284 (13) 22 (15)
  Non-cardiac general surgery 3905 (39) 54 (36)
  Neurologic surgery 1713 (17) 30 (20)
  Specialty surgery 2959 (30) 41 (27)
  Other surgery 139 (1) 3 (2)
Preoperative and admission day laboratory results
 Estimated reference glomerular filtration rate (mL/min/1.73 m2), median (25th-75th) 91.9 (71.6, 107.8) 85.8 (56.2, 102.6)
 Automated urinalysis, urine protein (mg/dL), n (%)
  Missing 8330 (83) 124 (83)
  <30 1109 (11) 15 (10)
  ≥30 561 (6) 11( 7)
 Number of complete blood count tests, n (%)
  0 2954 (30) 34 (23)
  1 5526 (55) 88 (59)
  ≥2 1520 (15) 28 (18)
 Hemoglobin, g/dL median (25th-75th) 11.7 (10.2, 13.3) 11.4 (9.7, 13.0)
 Hematocrit, median (25th-75th) 34.4 (30.1, 38.6) 33.4 (29.1, 37.6)
Admission day medications
Admission day medication groups (top 10 categories), n (%)
  Betablockers 2333 (23) 42 (28)
  Diuretics 1124 (11) 19 (13)
  Statins 1122 (11) 23 (15)
  Aspirin 671 (7) 12 (8)
  Angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors 979 (10) 13 (9)
  Vasopressors and inotropes 551 (6) 15 (10)
  Bicarbonate 406 (4) 15 (10)
  Antiemetics 5717 (57) 84 (56)
  Aminoglycosides 687 (7) 5 (3)
  Corticosteroids 1218 (12) 23 (15)
Outcomes
Postoperative complications, n (%)
  Acute kidney injury during hospitalization 3869 (39) 82 (55)
  Intensive care unit admission > 48 hours 3161 (32) 74 (49)
  Mechanical ventilation > 48 hours 1313 (13) 55 (37)
  Wound complications 1085 (11) 17 (11)
  Neurological complications or delirium 773 (8) 26 (17)
  Cardiovascular complications 724 (7) 43 (29)
  Sepsis 536 (5) 39 (26)
  Venous thromboembolism 287 (3) 11 (7)
Mortality, n (%)
  30-day mortality 335 (3) 24 (16)
  3-month mortality 668 (7) 41 (27)
  6-month mortality 919 (9) 46 (31)
  12-month mortality 1261 (13) 48 (32)
  24-month mortality 1687 (17) 55 (37)