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. 2023 Jan 9;37(5):732–747. doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2023.01.006

Table 9.

TAVR in Non-Hispanic White and Black and/or African American Patients Across COVID Years

Pre-COVID
COVID Year 1
COVID Year 2
Non-Hispanic White (n = 58) Black and/or African American (n = 1) p Non-Hispanic White (n = 51) Black and/or African American (n = 6) p Non-Hispanic White (n = 71) Black and/or African American (n = 7) p
Age, y 79.34 (8.12) 81.0 (NA) 0.295 79.96 (8.86) 72.67 (7.09) 0.295 78.97 (8.15) 80.0 (10.63) 0.295
Female sex 23 (39.65) 0 (0.0) 1 21 (41.17) 3 (50.0) 1 29 (40.84) 3 (42.85) 1
Insurance provider 0.854 0.336 0.738
Commercial 5 (8.62) 0 (0.0) 1 (1.96) 0 (0.0) 5 (7.04) 0 (0.0)
Medi-Cal 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 2 (2.81) 0 (0.0)
Medicare 44 (75.86) 1 (100.0) 37 (72.54) 6 (100.0) 60 (84.50) 7 (100.0)
Other 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0)
Managed care 9 (15.51) 0 (0.0) 13 (25.4) 0 (0.0) 4 (5.63) 0 (0.0)
Pre-procedure admission status 0.109 0.021 0.668
Same day admit 40 (68.96) 0 (0.0) 40 (78.43) 2 (33.33) 57 (80.28) 5 (71.42)
Inpatient 8 (13.79) 0 (0.0) 6 (11.76) 1 (16.66) 4 (5.63) 1 (14.28)
ED admit 10 (17.24) 1 (100.0) 5 (9.80) 3 (50.0) 10 (14.08) 1 (14.28)
Socioeconomic factors, ZCTA-based
Median income deciles, USD 100,244 (35,357.25) 84,505.0 (NA) < 0.005 104,471 (31,567.08) 64,990 (21,515.43) < 0.005 109,082 (38,331.42) 49,679 (6,508.79) < 0.005
Families in poverty, n (%) 5.48 (3.57) 5.4 (NA) < 0.005 5.93 (3.71) 13.85 (7.52) < 0.005 5.07 (3.35) 17.36 (6.51) < 0.005
Unemployed, n (%) 5.97 (1.87) 5.5 (NA) < 0.005 5.44 (1.57) 6.8 (1.89) < 0.005 5.69 (1.74) 9.3 (0.79) < 0.005
Outcomes
Hospital length of stay, h 123.69 (121.92) 191.0 (NA) 0.706 121.75 (155.78) 229.83 (123.04) 0.706 147.49 (349.69) 90.71 (109.9) 0.706
ICU length of stay, h 16.98 (26.78) 0.0 (NA) 0.659 54.96 (229.05) 40.43 (99.04) 0.659 35.19 (130.43) 0.0 (0.0) 0.659

NOTE. Data is present as mean (SD) or count (%) where appropriate.

Abbreviations: AF, atrial fibrillation; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; ED, emergency department; ICU, intensive care unit; TAVR, transcatheter aortic valve replacement; ZCTA, ZIP code tabulation area.