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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Anesth Analg. 2020 Jul;131(1):255–262. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000004456

Table 1.

Characteristics of Study Patients

White non-Hispanic Minority Racial/Ethnic Group Total p
No. % No. % No. %

Age (years) 0 to 2 1661 18.7 3568 21.3 5229 20.4 <0.001
3 to 5 1792 20.2 3543 21.1 5335 20.8
6 to 11 2581 29.1 5098 30.4 7679 29.9
12 to 18 2850 32.1 4571 27.2 7421 28.9

Sex Female 3723 41.9 7009 41.8 10732 41.8 0.833
Male 5161 58.1 9771 58.2 14932 58.2

ASA rating 1 3060 34.4 5521 32.9 8581 33.4 0.001
2 3822 43.0 7128 42.5 10950 42.7
3 2002 22.5 4131 24.6 6133 23.9

Case complexity Minor 5347 60.2 10057 59.9 15404 60.0 0.05
Moderate 1578 17.8 3165 18.9 4743 18.5
Major 1959 22.1 3558 21.2 5517 21.5

Year of surgery 2014 1417 16.0 2399 14.3 3816 14.9 <0.001
2015 2357 26.5 3906 23.3 6263 24.4
2016 2118 23.8 4067 24.2 6185 24.1
2017 2133 24.0 4589 27.3 6722 26.2
2018 859 9.7 1819 10.8 2678 10.4

Patient disposition Outpatient Surgery 6180 69.6 11325 67.5 17505 68.2 <0.001
Inpatient 922 10.4 1962 11.7 2884 11.2
Radiation Oncology 151 1.7 460 2.7 611 2.4
Surgery Admit 1631 18.4 3033 18.1 4664 18.2

Service Other 2181 24.5 4761 28.4 6942 27.0 <0.001
Gastroenterology 872 9.8 1082 6.4 1954 7.6
General 1300 14.6 2561 15.3 3861 15.0
Orthopedics 1354 15.2 2393 14.3 3747 14.6
Otolaryngology 2166 24.4 4281 25.5 6447 25.1
Urology 1011 11.4 1702 10.1 2713 10.6

Interpreter Needed No 8803 99.1 11967 71.3 20770 80.9 <0.001
Yes 81 0.9 4813 28.7 4894 19.1

Surgery length (hours) Median (interquartile range) 0.62 (0.32, 1.18) 0.62 (0.32, 1.25) 0.62 (0.32, 1.23) 0.24