Impact of COVID-19 on presentation, management, and outcomes of acute care surgery for gallbladder disease and acute appendicitis

Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients, stratified by cohort and time period

	Appendicitis					Gallbladder disease
	March–June 2019		March–June 2020		P value	March–June 2019		March–June 2020		P value
	n	(%)	n	(%)		n	(%)	n	(%)
Demographics	182	50	179	50		152	49	161	51
Age, median (IQR)	24.9	13.8–47.2	32.2	15.1–48.9	0.33	46.7	32.6–65.3	48.8	35.4–61.4	0.99
Gender, n (%)					0.57					0.33
Female	77	42	82	46		97	64	93	58
Male	105	58	97	54		55	36	68	42
Race, n (%)					0.35					0.98
White	96	53	79	44		58	32	58	32
Black or African American	1	1	3	2		7	4	8	4
Asian	35	19	40	22		29	16	31	17
Other	50	27	57	32		58	32	64	36
Interpreter needed, n (%)	25	14	24	13	> 0.99	23	13	28	16	0.68
Spanish	21	84	18	75	0.50	20	87	24	86	0.78
BMI, median (IQR)	24.2	20.2–29.8	23.1	19.9–27.5	0.13	28.8	25.8–32.5	29.5	24.5–33.9	0.73
Charlson Comorbidity score					0.35					0.22
None: CCI score 0, n (%)	136	75	133	74		80	53	69	43
Mild: CCI score 1-2, n (%)	31	17	24	13		33	22	46	29
Moderate: CCI score 3-4, n (%)	12	7	14	8		21	14	26	16
Severe: CCI ≥ 5, n (%)	3	2	8	4		14	9	19	12

CCI: Comprehensive complication index; BMI: Body mass index.