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Table 1 Characteristics of hospitalizations alive at discharge versus those dead at discharge

From: 13-year mortality trends among hospitalized patients with inflammatory bowel disease

 

Alive at discharge N  = 17,243

Dead at discharge N  = 150

 P -valuea

Age, years, mean (SD)

49.2 (18.8)

70.3 (16.1)

<0.0001

Gender, No. (%)

Female

9,977 (57.9)

86 (57.3)

 

Male

7,266 (42.1)

64 (42.7)

 

Race, No. (%)

White

10,504 (60.9)

104 (69.3)

 

Black

1,569 (9.1)

7 (4.7)

0.03b

Asian

66 (0.4)

0 (0.0)

 

Native American

54 (0.3)

0 (0.0)

 

Other

371 (2.2)

1 (0.7)

 

Unknown

4,679 (27.1)

38 (25.3)

 

Geographical region, No. (%)

Northeast

4,214 (24.4)

40 (26.7)

 

Midwest

5,418 (31.4)

42 (28.0)

0.05c

South

5,637 (32.7)

43 (28.7)

0.04c

West

1,974 (11.5)

25 (16.7)

 

Number of beds in hospital, No. (%)

6-199 beds

5,482 (31.8)

56 (37.3)

 

200-499 beds

9,250 (53.6)

73 (48.7)

 

500+ beds

2,511 (14.6)

21 (14.0)

 

Disease subtype, No. (%)

  

<0.001

Crohn’s disease

11,149 (64.7)

71 (47.3)

 

Ulcerative colitis

6,094 (35.3)

79 (52.7)

 

IBD as primary diagnosis, No. (%)d

7,929 (46.0)

59 (39.3)

 

Charlson comorbidity index, mean (SD)

0.7 (1.3)

2.0 (1.4)

<0.001

  1. a For categorical variables with more than two responses, comparisons were made between all possible pairs; only significant P-values are reported.
  2. b Compared with whites.
  3. c Compared with West region.
  4. d A “primary” diagnosis of IBD indicates that the first-listed ICD9 code was either 555 or 556.