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. 2019 Mar 25;179(5):648–657. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.8358

Table 1. Patient Characteristics.

Characteristic Medical Center Site P Value
LAC-USC (Intervention) Harbor-UCLA (Control)
Before (n = 133) After (n = 336) Follow-up (n = 1002) P Value Before (n = 288) After (n = 297) Follow-up (n = 511) P Value Time-by-Group Interaction Baseline Comparison
Age at surgery, y
Mean (SD) 61.7 (11.5) 60.7 (11.7) 62.0 (11.1) .18 60.9 (10.4) 59.9 (10.9) 60.6 (10.8) .47 .80 .49
Median (IQR) [range] 63 (55-71) [31-86] 62 (53-68) [25-94] 62 (56-68) [19-91] 61 (55-67) [26-88] 60 (53-66) [25-89] 61 (54-67) [21-101]
Sex, No. (%)
Male 74 (56) 171 (51) 435 (43) .02 125 (43) 138 (46) 236 (46) .70 .03 .02
Female 59 (44) 165 (49) 567 (57) 163 (57) 159 (54) 275 (54)
Race/ethnicity, No. (%)
Hispanic 107 (80) 270 (80) 715 (71) <.001 186 (65) 208 (70) 290 (57) <.001 .73 <.001
Non-Hispanic 24 (18) 56 (17) 174 (17) 101 (35) 89 (30) 169 (33)
Unknown 2 (2) 10 (3) 113 (11) 1 (<1) 0 52 (10)
Mean (SD) Charlson comorbidity index 0.5 (1.3) 1.1 (1.4) 1.6 (1.7) <.001 1.3 (1.5) 1.4 (1.4) 1.5 (1.6) .02 <.001 <.001

Abbreviations: IQR, interquartile range.