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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Apr 5;69(8):2210–2219. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17118

Table 1.

Cohort characteristics of nursing home residents and propensity matched community-dwelling older adults. SMD=Standard Mean Difference.

Variable Name Total Nursing Home Community-Dwelling P value SMD

All Subjects, N (%) 55389 (100.0) 18463 (33.3) 36926 (66.7)
 Propensity score mean ± SD 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.1 0.726 0.0032

Procedure Group, N (%):
 Female pelvic surgery 2982 (5.4) 994 (5.4) 1988 (5.4) 1.000 0.0000
 Transurethral resection of prostate 26448 (47.8) 8816 (47.8) 17632 (47.8) 0.0000
 Suprapubic tube placement 21429 (38.7) 7143 (38.7) 14286 (38.7) 0.0000
 Hemorrhoid 2757 (5.0) 919 (5.0) 1838 (5.0) 0.0000
 Rectal prolapse 1773 (3.2) 591 (3.2) 1182 (3.2) 0.0000

Age, N (%)
 Age, Mean ± SD 80.5 ± 7.6 80.3 ± 7.7 80.6 ± 7.5 <0.001 −0.0423
 66–69 5537 (10.0) 2055 (11.1) 3482 (9.4) <0.001 0.0560
 70–74 8892 (16.1) 3045 (16.5) 5847 (15.8) 0.0179
 75–79 11021 (19.9) 3609 (19.6) 7412 (20.1) −0.0132
 80–85 12353 (22.3) 3981 (21.6) 8372 (22.7) −0.0268
 ≥85 17586 (31.8) 5773 (31.3) 11813 (32.0) −0.0155

Sex, N (%)
 Male 44220 (79.8) 14740 (79.8) 29480 (79.8) 1.000 0.0000
 Female 11169 (20.2) 3723 (20.2) 7446 (20.2) 0.0000

Race, N (%)
 White 48872 (88.2) 16235 (87.9) 32637 (88.4) 0.042 −0.0140
 Black 4209 (7.6) 1403 (7.6) 2806 (7.6) 0.0000
 Other 2308 (4.2) 825 (4.5) 1483 (4.0) 0.0224

Charlson Score, N (%)
 Mean ± SD 4.6 ± 3.4 4.6 ± 3.4 4.5 ± 3.3 0.002 0.0281
 0 5305 (9.6) 1665 (9.0) 3640 (9.9) 0.014 −0.0287
 1–2 12348 (22.3) 4114 (22.3) 8234 (22.3) −0.0004
 3–4 12607 (22.8) 4257 (23.1) 8350 (22.6) 0.0106
 ≥5 25129 (45.4) 8427 (45.6) 16702 (45.2) 0.0083

Procedure year, N (%)
 2014 18846 (34.0) 6282 (34.0) 12564 (34.0) 1.000 0.0000
 2015 17925 (32.4) 5975 (32.4) 11950 (32.4) 0.0000
 2016 18618 (33.6) 6206 (33.6) 12412 (33.6) 0.0000