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. 2020 Jun 27;142:e183–e194. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2020.06.176

Table 1.

Cohort Demographics

Variable Total Before COVID-19 During COVID-19 Univariable
Multivariable
Test Statistic P Value OR 95% CI P Value
Study period (weeks) 14 7 7 NA NA NA NA NA
Adults
 Neurosurgical procedures 696 439 257
 Patient age (years) H = 0.88 0.348 0.99 0.98–1.00 0.112
 Median 60 60 59
 IQR 47–69 47–70 46–69
 Race χ2 = 0.07 0.963
 White 607 (87) 382 (87) 225 (88) Ref Ref Ref
 Black 65 (9) 42 (10) 23 (9) 0.86 0.47–1.53 0.613
 Other 24 (3) 15 (3) 9 (4) 1.31 0.53–3.12 0.550
 Insurance type χ2 = 1.93 0.588
 Private 329 (49) 210 (49) 119 (49) Ref Ref Ref
 Medicare 276 (41) 176 (41) 100 (41) 1.13 0.77–1.68 0.532
 Medicaid 25 (4) 14 (3) 11 (5) 1.26 0.54–2.89 0.588
 Uninsured 43 (6) 31 (7) 12 (5) 0.50 0.21–1.07 0.088
 Distance from hospital (miles) H = 1.57 0.210 1.00 1.00–1.00 0.061
 Median 150 152 142
 IQR 110–233 113–234 110–223
Children
 Neurosurgical procedures 162 96 66
 Patient age (years) H = 0.52 0.471 0.99 0.93–1.04 0.600
 Median 4 5 2
 IQR 1–13 1–14 0–13
 Race χ2 = 1.88 0.390
 White 126 (78) 73 (76) 53 (80) Ref Ref Ref
 Black 20 (12) 11 (11) 9 (14) 0.97 0.32–2.85 0.950
 Other 16 (10) 12 (12) 4 (6) 0.44 0.11–1.45 0.201
 Insurance type χ2 = 1.47 0.479
 Private 125 (77) 71 (74) 11 (17) Ref Ref Ref
 Medicaid 33 (20) 22 (23) 54 (82) 0.71 0.29–1.66 0.437
 Uninsured 4 (2) 3 (3) 1 (2) 0.61 0.03–5.65 0.684
 Distance from hospital (miles) H = 5.41 0.021 1.00 1.00–1.00 0.035
 Median 163 140 198
 IQR 106–266 99–207 113–371

Data presented as n (%), unless noted otherwise.

COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable; IQR, interquartile range; Ref, reference.