Table 1.

Patient Characteristics

Characteristic	White (n = 85,514)*	Black (n = 27,644)*	P Value
Age, mean (SD)	67.7 (15.2)	61.7 (16.6)	<0.001
Sex, F, %	45.9	51.8	<0.001
SOFA score, mean (SD)	2.9 (1.8)	3.1 (2.1)	<0.001
SOFA subscores, mean (SD)	—	—	<0.001
Respiratory	0.5 (1.0)	0.4 (0.9)	<0.001
Coagulation	0.4 (0.8)	0.3 (0.7)	<0.001
Hepatic	0.3 (0.7)	0.3 (0.7)	<0.001
Cardiovascular	0.5 (0.5)	0.4 (0.5)	<0.001
Central nervous system	0.3 (0.7)	0.4 (1.0)	<0.001
Renal	0.8 (1.1)	1.3 (1.3)	<0.001
LAPS2, mean (SD)	103.1 (36.7)	102.2 (38.4)	<0.001
In-hospital mortality, %	8.6	7.5	<0.001

Definition of abbreviations: LAPS2 = version 2 of the Laboratory-based Acute Physiology Score; SOFA = Sequential Organ Failure Assessment.

^*Data were missing for age (n = 2,344), the female sex (n = 2,345), LAPS2 (n = 5), and in-hospital mortality (n = 1,144).