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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Mar 22.
Published before final editing as: BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2020 Sep 22:bmjspcare-2020-002602. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2020-002602

Table 1:

Characteristics of patients admitted in the study cohort and test set

Overall (N=567) Test set (N=323)

Age
 Mean (SD) 59.4 (17.9) 59.3 (17.8)
 Median [Min, Max] 60.2 [20.1, 97.3] 61.1 [21.2, 97.3]
Age Groups
 18–45 139 (24.5%) 81 (25.1%)
 45–65 203 (35.8%) 115 (35.6%)
 65–80 151 (26.6%) 87 (26.9%)
 > 80 74 (13.1%) 40 (12.4%)
Gender
 Male 307 (54.1%) 175 (54.2%)
 Female 258 (45.5%) 147 (45.5%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)
Length of Stay
 0–3 days 143 (25.2%) 54 (16.7%)
 3–10 days 332 (58.6%) 207 (64.1%)
 > 10 days 92 (16.2%) 62 (19.2%)
Died during hospitalization
 Yes 101 (17.8%) 56 (17.3%)
 No 466 (82.2%) 267 (82.7%)
ICU care received
 Yes 97 (17.1%) 55 (17.0%)
 No 470 (82.9%) 268 (83.0%)
Geographic origin
 Manhattan 272 (48.0%) 150 (46.4%)
 Queens 85 (15.0%) 52 (16.1%)
 Brooklyn 89 (15.7%) 54 (16.7%)
 Bronx 59 (10.4%) 30 (9.3%)
 Staten Island 3 (0.5%) 1 (0.3%)
 Out of New York City 46 (8.1%) 29 (9.0%)
 Out of NY State 10 (1.8%) 6 (1.9%)
 Missing 3 (0.5%) 1 (0.3%)
Race and Ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic Black 115 (20.3%) 74 (22.9%)
 Non-Hispanic White 127 (22.4%) 69 (21.4%)
 Hispanic Black 18 (3.2%) 7 (2.2%)
 Hispanic White 19 (3.4%) 11 (3.4%)
 Asian 23 (4.1%) 14 (4.3%)
 Others 223 (39.3%) 128 (39.6%)
 American Indian 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%)
 Pacific Islander 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%)
 Unspecified 40 (7.1%) 20 (6.2%)
Smoking history
 Current Smoker 21 (3.7%) 12 (3.7%)
 Past smoker 133 (23.5%) 76 (23.5%)
 Never smoked 315 (55.6%) 182 (56.3%)
 Unknown 96 (16.9%) 52 (16.1%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)
Hypertension
 Yes 178 (31.4%) 103 (31.9%)
 No 387 (68.3%) 219 (67.8%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)
Diabetes
 Yes 124 (21.9%) 74 (22.9%)
 No 441 (77.8%) 248 (76.8%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)
COPD
 Yes 20 (3.5%) 13 (4.0%)
 No 545 (96.1%) 309 (95.7%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)
Obesity
 Yes 65 (11.5%) 37 (11.5%)
 No 500 (88.2%) 285 (88.2%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)
Chronic kidney disease
 Yes 58 (10.2%) 32 (9.9%)
 No 507 (89.4%) 290 (89.8%)
 Missing 2 (0.4%) 1 (0.3%)