Sepsis during short bowel syndrome hospitalizations: Identifying trends, disparities, and clinical outcomes in the United States

Table 2 Baseline hospitalization characteristics and clinical outcomes for septic and non-septic short bowel syndrome hospitalizations in the United States from 2005-2014

Variable	Non-septic short bowel syndrome hospitalizations	%	Septic short bowel syndrome hospitalizations	%	P value
Number of obs. (n)	193547	78.30	53550	21.70
Age, yr (mean ± SE)	58.0 ± 0.3	-	57.9 ± 0.2	-
Age, yr					< 0.0001
18-34	41979	21.70	10000	18.70
35-49	82308	42.50	24561	45.90
50-64	60113	31.10	17333	32.40
≥ 65	9149	4.70	1655	3.10
Gender					< 0.0001
Male	56601	29.30	17545	32.80
Female	136916	70.80	36005	67.20
Race					< 0.0001
White	130004	80.00	35660	77.30
Black	18436	11.30	5730	12.40
Hispanic	8866	5.50	3091	6.70
Others	5274	3.20	1651	3.60
Hospital location					< 0.0001
Rural	22155	11.50	4576	8.60
Urban nonteaching	70692	36.70	18187	34.10
Urban teaching	99780	51.80	30509	57.30
Hospital bed size					< 0.0001
Small	22978	11.90	5107	9.60
Medium	45289	23.50	11219	21.10
Large	124360	64.60	36946	69.40
Admission type					0.0100
Elective	157070	81.20	43201	80.70
Emergent or Urgent	36477	18.90	10349	19.30
Intestinal Transplant	430	0.22	178	0.33	< 0.0001
Disposition status					< 0.0001
Home	156802	81.10	34439	64.40
Facility	33898	17.50	14497	27.10
Inpatient mortality	2724	1.40	4537	8.50	< 0.0001
LOS, d (mean ± SE)	7.7 ± 0.1	-	16.1 ± 0.4	-	< 0.0001

LOS: Length of stay.