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Univariate characteristics of patients with community-acquired pneumonia by race |
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| Number and % of Patients |
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| White |
Black |
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| Variable |
n = 720* |
% |
n = 240 |
% |
p-value |
|
|
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| Age |
1.00 |
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| <65 |
132 |
18.3 |
44 |
18.3 |
|
| 65–74 |
189 |
26.3 |
63 |
26.3 |
|
| 75–84 |
255 |
35.4 |
85 |
35.4 |
|
| >84 |
144 |
20.0 |
48 |
20.0 |
|
| Gender |
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| Male |
312 |
43.3 |
104 |
43.3 |
|
| Female |
408 |
56.6 |
136 |
56.7 |
|
| Length of Stay |
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| 1–2 days |
63 |
8.8 |
23 |
9.6 |
0.663 |
| 3–6 days |
375 |
52.2 |
116 |
48.3 |
|
| 7–13 days |
220 |
30.6 |
76 |
31.7 |
|
| >13 days |
60 |
8.4 |
25 |
10.4 |
|
| Nursing home resident |
148 |
21.0 |
51 |
22.2 |
0.774 |
| Pneumonia Severity Index |
0.001 |
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| I-III |
280 |
39.0 |
68 |
28.8 |
|
| IV |
296 |
41.2 |
97 |
41.1 |
|
| V |
142 |
19.8 |
71 |
30.1 |
|
| Comorbid conditions |
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| Malignancy |
57 |
8.0 |
28 |
12.2 |
0.073 |
| Chronic renal disease |
75 |
10.6 |
58 |
25.2 |
0.000 |
| Liver disease |
9 |
1.3 |
5 |
2.2 |
0.039 |
| Congestive heart failure |
199 |
20.0 |
80 |
34.9 |
0.057 |
| History of stroke |
105 |
14.9 |
55 |
23.9 |
0.002 |
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*The average frequency over the 10 random samples | |||||
Mortensen et al. BMC Health Services Research 2004 4:20 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-4-20 |
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