Table 4.
Patient characteristics of propensity score matched cohorts.
| White (vs. Black) n (%) | Black n (%) | P Value | White (vs. Hispanic), n (%) | Hispanic n (%) | P Value | White (vs. Asian) n (%) | Asian n (%) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | 1 | 0.961 | 1 | ||||||
| Male | 4420 (47.15) | 4420 (47.15) | 409 (48) | 408 (47.89) | 565 (32.83) | 565 (32.83) | |||
| Female | 4954 (52.85) | 4954 (52.85) | 443 (52) | 444 (52.11) | 1156 (67.17) | 1156 (67.17) | |||
| Age | 1 | 0.953 | 1 | ||||||
| < 70 yr | 7510 (80.12) | 7510 (80.12) | 673 (78.99) | 672 (78.87) | 1109 (64.44) | 1109 (64.44) | |||
| ≥ 70 yr | 1864 (19.88) | 1864 (19.88) | 179 (21.01) | 180 (21.13) | 612 (35.56) | 612 (35.56) | |||
| Inpatient | |||||||||
| Functional status | 1 | 0.891 | 1 | ||||||
| Independent | 9167 (97.79) | 9167 (97.79) | 825 (96.83) | 824 (96.71) | 1681 (97.68) | 1681 (97.68) | |||
| Partially Dependent | 203 (2.17) | 203 (2.17) | 27 (3.17) | 28 (3.29) | 40 (2.32) | 40 (2.32) | |||
| Totally Dependent | 4 (0.04) | 4 (0.04) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | |||||
| ASA class | 1 | 0.961 | 1 | ||||||
| Low | 4551 (48.55) | 4551 (48.55) | 488 (57.28) | 489 (57.39) | 1172 (68.1) | 1172 (68.1) | |||
| High | 4823 (51.45) | 4823 (51.45) | 364 (42.72) | 363 (42.61) | 549 (31.9) | 549 (31.9) | |||
| Comorbidities | |||||||||
| Obese (BMI >30 kg/m∧2) | 5338 (56.94) | 5338 (56.94) | 1 | 456 (53.52) | 456 (53.52) | 1 | 434 (25.22) | 434 (25.22) | 1 |
| Diabetes | 1637 (17.46) | 1637 (17.46) | 1 | 152 (17.84) | 152 (17.84) | 1 | 222 (12.9) | 222 (12.9) | 1 |
| Hypertension Medication | 6500 (69.34) | 6500 (69.34) | 1 | 421 (49.41) | 422 (49.53) | 0.961 | 981 (57) | 981 (57) | 1 |
| Smoker | 2259 (24.1) | 2259 (24.1) | 1 | 108 (12.68) | 108 (12.68) | 1 | 139 (8.08) | 139 (8.08) | 1 |
| COPD | 346 (3.69) | 346 (3.69) | 1 | 26 (3.05) | 26 (3.05) | 1 | 23 (1.34) | 23 (1.34) | 1 |
| Chronic steroid | 423 (3.51) | 423 (3.51) | 1 | 66 (7.75) | 66 (7.75) | 1 | 70 (4.07) | 70 (4.07) | 1 |
| Dialysis | 31 (0.33) | 31 (0.33) | 1 | 2 (0.23) | 2 (0.23) | 1 | 3 (0.17) | 3 (0.17) | 1 |
| Cancer | 15 (0.16) | 15 (0.16) | 1 | 2 (0.23) | 2 (0.23) | 1 | 7 (0.41) | 7 (0.41) | 1 |
| Low Hematocrit (<30) | 136 (1.45) | 136 (1.45) | 1 | 7 (0.82) | 7 (0.82) | 1 | 6 (0.35) | 6 (0.35) | 1 |
| High Creatinine (≥2 mg/dL) | 645 (6.88) | 645 (6.88) | 1 | 74 (8.69) | 74 (8.69) | 1 | 150 (8.72) | 150 (8.72) | 1 |
| Low Albumin (<3.5 g/dL) | 251 (2.68) | 251 (2.68) | 1 | 20 (2.35) | 21 (2.46) | 0.874 | 20 (1.16) | 20 (1.16) | 1 |
| Low Platelets (<100 billion cells/L) | 41 (0.44) | 41 (0.44) | 1 | 4 (0.47) | 3 (0.35) | 0.705 | 5 (0.29) | 5 (0.29) | 1 |
| High Bilirubin (≥2 mg/dL) | 4639 (49.49) | 4639 (49.49) | 1 | 370 (43.43) | 369 (43.31) | 0.961 | 984 (57.18) | 984 (57.18) | 1 |