Retrospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2024.
World J Gastrointest Pharmacol Ther. Nov 5, 2024; 15(6): 95532
Published online Nov 5, 2024. doi: 10.4292/wjgpt.v15.i6.95532
Table 1 Patient and hospital characteristics (n = 374744), n (%)
Variable
No drug therapy
Antiplatelet therapy
Anticoagulant therapy
Antiplatelet and anticoagulant therapy
P value
Female53.952.0652.7343.28< 0.001
Male46.147.9447.2756.72< 0.001
Mean age in years44.0265.5558.867.97< 0.001
Insurance provider < 0.001
Medicare 23.6163.153.7372.47
Medicaid20.277.613.198.67
Private50.0127.930.9417.09
Uninsured6.111.4102.140.77
Charlson comorbidity index< 0.001
069.2429.9741.4717.16
118.6826.8722.5124.13
26.3618.6215.8220.9
3 or more5.7224.5420.1937.81
Median income in patients zip code< 0.0178
$1-5199925.825.1523.822.65
$52000-6599925.127.325.8530.79
$66000-8799925.7325.1826.5923.92
$88000+23.3822.3723.7622.65
Hospital region< 0.001
Northwest21.4219.8922.1319.65
Midwest23.9327.9328.4329.35
South38.1836.4732.8437.56
West16.4615.716.613.43
Hospital teaching status 0.0001
Non-teaching26.1529.8126.2725.37
Teaching73.8570.1973.7374.63
Hospital bed size0.0224
Small19.2721.2219.322.39
Medium27.8927.2428.6731.59
Large52.8451.5452.0346.02
Race< 0.001
White72.4682.3979.8284.62
Black14.399.6611.8910.77
Hispanic08.424.335.232.82
Asian or Pacific Islander1.51.120.961.03
Native American0.390.520.20.26
Other2.851.991.910.51
Hospital location< 0.001
Rural6.78.916.739.7
Urban93.391.0993.2790.3