Table 2.
Presents clinical and demographic characteristics of the patients’ cohort, stratified by admission to the emergency department.
| Discharged (n = 841,825, 80.7%) |
Hospitalized (n = 201,520, 19.3%) |
p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age, median (IQR), y | 43.0 (29.0–59.0) | 64.0 (49.0–77.0) | <0.001 |
| Female, N. (%) | 465,178 (55.3) | 103,030 (51.1) | <0.001 |
| SBP, median (IQR), mmHg | 130.0 (118.0–145.0) | 134.0 (117.0–153.0) | <0.001 |
| DBP, median (IQR), mmHg | 76.0 (68.0–85.0) | 74.0 (65.0–85.0) | <0.001 |
| Heart rate, median (IQR), beats/min | 82.0 (73.0–93.0) | 87.0 (75.0–101.0) | <0.001 |
| Temperature, median (IQR), Celsius | 36.7 (36.4–36.9) | 36.7 (36.4–37.0) | <0.001 |
| Respirations, median (IQR), breaths/min | 18.0 (17.0–19.0) | 18.0 (18.0–20.0) | <0.001 |
| O2 saturation, median (IQR)% | 98.0 (97.0–99.0) | 98.0 (96.0–99.0) | <0.001 |
| WBC, median (IQR), ×103/uL | 7.8 (6.1–9.9) | 8.8 (6.6–11.9) | <0.001 |
| NEUT, median (IQR), ×103/uL | 5.0 (3.6–7.0) | 6.2 (4.2–9.3) | <0.001 |
| HGB, median (IQR), g/dL | 13.1 (11.9–14.3) | 12.3 (10.5–13.8) | <0.001 |
| BUN, median (IQR), mg/dL | 13.0 (10.0–17.0) | 17.0 (12.0–27.0) | <0.001 |
| Cr, median (IQR), mg/dL | 0.8 (0.7–1.0) | 0.9 (0.7–1.4) | <0.001 |