Table 2 Patient Characteristics of the Study Population
From: Impact of ASA score misclassification on NSQIP predicted mortality: a retrospective analysis
Demographics | All cases % (no.) | Mortalities % (no.) | p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age | 56.5 ± 0.47 | 71 ± 3 | < 0.001 | |
Gender | Male | 45.3% (573) | 57.6% (19) | 0.215 |
Female | 54.7% (691) | 42.4% (14) | ||
Race | White | 82.2% (1039) | 84.8% (28) | 0.896 |
Black | 10.4% (132) | 12.1% (4) | ||
American Indian | 1.1% (14) | 0.0% (0) | ||
Asian | 1.1% (14) | 0.0% (0) | ||
Unknown | 5.1% (65) | 3.0% (1) | ||
Hispanic ethnicity | 3.4% (43) | 0.0% (0) | 0.624 | |
Emergency | 12.1% (153) | 70.0% (23) | < 0.001 | |
Transfer | 12.1% (153) | 60.6% (20) | < 0.001 | |
Surgery type | General surgery | 41.0% (518) | 51.5% (17) | 0.046 |
Breast/endocrine | 21.5% (272) | 0.0% (0) | ||
Vascular | 18.4% (233) | 27.3% (9) | ||
Colorectal | 10.1% (128) | 15.2% (5) | ||
Hepatobiliary | 5.8% (73) | 6.1% (2) | ||
Bariatric | 3.2% (40) | 0.0% (0) | ||