Table 2.

Characteristics of multi-visit patients

	Multiple ED visits N = 112 (%)	Single ED visit N = 49 (%)	p-value
Median number of ED visits [IQR]	3 [2,7]
Gender
Female	57 (50.9)	28 (57.1)	0.46
Race
African American	8 (7.1)	5 (10.2)	0.62
White	94 (83.9)	38 (77.6)
Other/refused	10 (8.9)	6 (12.2)
Highest functional level
Thoracic	12 (10.7)	1 (2.0)	0.02
High-lumbar	18 (16.1)	5 (10.2)
Mid-lumbar	37 (33.0)	13 (26.5)
Low-lumbar	31 (27.7)	14 (28.6)
Sacral	14 (12.5)	16 (32.6)
Presence of shunted hydrocephalus	88 (78.6)	32 (65.3)	0.07
Continence*
Bladder	25/104 (24.0)	10/48 (20.8)	0.66
Bowel	25/104 (24.0)	11/48 (22.9)	0.88

^*= missing data.