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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Aug 5;109(2):473–479. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2019.06.025

Table 1.

Study cohort characteristics.

Characteristics Overall SAVR ( % or mean, SD) TAVR (n, % or mean, SD) p-value
N = 44,103 n = 38,540, 84.6% n = 5,563, 15.4%
Patient-level
Age (years) 71.0, 13.7 69.1, 13.5 81.6, 9.3 <0.01
Female Sex 37.2 35.5 46.2 <0.01
Non-white race 13.0 13.5 9.9 <0.01
Elective Case 72.7 71.3 80.1 <0.01
Admitted from Home 54.3 54.1 55.2 <0.01
Elixhauser Comorbidities, # 4.04, 2.01 3.92, 2.0 4.73, 1.95 <0.01
Paralysis 1.72 1.64 2.21 <0.01
Chronic Lung Disease 23.8 21.7 35.2 <0.01
Coagulopathy 30.6 31.8 24.2 <0.01
CHF 39.0 33.3 70.6 <0.01
Deficiency Anemia 20.9 20.1 25.3 <0.01
Depression 7.2 7.3 7.1 0.71
Diabetes Mellitus 30.3 29.8 33.7 <0.01
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorders 35.0 36.3 27.8 <0.01
Hypertension 75.3 74.5 80.1 <0.01
Hypothyroidism 14.4 13.2 20.8 <0.01
Neurological Disorders (other than paralysis) 5.16 4.91 6.58 <0.01
Obesity 18.7 19.6 13.5 <0.01
Peripheral Vascular Disease 22.3 20.4 32.9 <0.01
Pulmonary circulatory disease 15.5 14.1 22.8 <0.01
Renal failure 18.3 15.6 33.2 <0.01
Valvular disease 26.4 28.3 16.1 <0.01
Hospital-level
Teaching hospital <0.01
 Major teaching hospital 35.3 39.1 13.4
 Minor teaching hospital 26.1 24.5 35.0
 Non-teaching hospital 38.6 36.4 51.0
Member of Health System 73.7 73.6 74.4 0.20
Urban Setting 99.6 99.6 99.9 <0.01
Ownership status <0.01
 Public 9.55 8.58 14.9
 Not-for-profit 77.3 77.1 78.4
 For-profit 13.1 14.3 6.72
Bed count < 300 23.27 25.6 10.4 <0.01
Safety Net Hospital 28.0 24.9 44.9 <0.01
HHI
75% variable radius (continuous) 0.306 (0.266) 0.323 (0.272) 0.215 (0.207) <0.01
75% variable radius (categorical) <0.01
 High Competition 36.0 32.6 54.8
 Moderate Competition 16.9 17.8 12.1
 Low Competition 46.9 49.4 33.1
Clinical Outcomes
In-hospital mortality 3.29 3.09 4.39 <0.01
Length of stay 9.73 10.0 8.02 <0.01
Discharge to home 27.5 27.3 28.5 <0.01