Table 1.
Patient characteristics for 30-day readmitted and nonreadmitted patients.
| Characteristics | Readmitted (n=6) | Not readmitted (n=52) | P value | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 63 (9.1) | 58.7 (14.1) | .37 | |
| Sex, n (%) | .38 | |||
| Male | 3 (50) | 36 (69) |
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| Female | 3 (50) | 16 (31) |
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| Race, n (%) | .46 | |||
| African-American | 3 (50) | 11 (21) | ||
| White | 1 (17) | 17 (33) | ||
| Other | 2 (33) | 23 (44) | ||
| Unknown | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | ||
| Marital status, n (%) | .06 | |||
| Single | 5 (83) | 27 (52) | ||
| Not single | 0 (0) | 24 (46) | ||
| Unknown | 1 (17) | 1 (2) | ||
| Systolic HFa, n (%) | 5 (83) | 37 (71) | >.99 | |
| Depression, n (%) | 1 (17) | 4 (8) | .43 | |
| Anxiety, n (%) | 1 (17) | 2 (4) | .28 | |
| Cancer, n (%) | 2 (33) | 8 (15) | .27 | |
| Coronary artery disease, n (%) | 3 (50) | 17 (33) | .41 | |
| History of drug abuse, n (%) | 0 (0) | 1 (2) | >.99 | |
| HIV, n (%) | 1 (17) | 0 (0) | .10 | |
| Atrial fibrillation, n (%) | 1 (17) | 17 (33) | .65 | |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, n (%) | 0 (0) | 4 (8) | >.99 | |
| Diabetes mellitus, n (%) | 3 (50) | 18 (35) | .66 | |
| Anemia, n (%) | 4 (67) | 16 (31) | .17 | |
| Percutaneous coronary intervention, n (%) | 3 (50) | 8 (15) | .08 | |
| Prior HF, n (%) | 4 (67) | 21 (40) | .39 | |
| Prior 12 months hospitalization, n (%) | 5 (83) | 31 (60) | .39 | |
| Prior 6 months hospitalization, n (%) | 3 (50) | 14 (27) | .34 | |
| Taking angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor/angiotensin II receptor blocker, n (%) | 3 (50) | 48 (92) | .02 | |
| Medicare/aid, n (%) | 6 (100) | 51 (98) | >.99 | |
aHF: heart failure.