Table 1:

Comparison of baseline characteristics between men and women

Baseline characteristicsOverallWomenMenSMD (absolute)
NE = 121 150NE = 26 280NE = 94 870
Demographic and hospital characteristics
 Age (years), mean (SD)66.8 (66.74–66.85)66.6 (66.5–66.7)67.6 (67.5–67.7)0.1
 Caucasian race (%)75.676.971.00.14
 Lowest quartile household income (%)28.327.132.70.13
 Medicare/Medicaid insurance (%)35.937.530.20.15
 Large hospital bed size (%)58.658.857.70.02
 Teaching hospital (%)82.782.982.30.01
 Elective admission (%)42.844.636.20.17
Patient comorbidity (%)
 Congestive heart failure40.239.044.50.11
 NSTEMI39.237.445.70.17
 Prior sternotomy4.74.84.50.02
 Arrhythmia47.149.040.60.17
 Valvular disease19.819.022.60.09
 Diabetes mellitus51.449.558.40.18
 Hypertension4745.751.60.12
 Chronic kidney disease (stage III–IV)11.511.113.10.06
 Peripheral vascular disease13.513.414.00.02
 Cerebrovascular accident2.11.93.00.08
 Chronic pulmonary disease20.719.026.90.2
 Coagulopathy21.422.119.40.07
 Anaemia3.22.75.10.13
 Malignancy2.62.72.40.02
 Liver disease1.81.72.30.05
 Obesity28.927.733.60.13
Baseline characteristicsOverallWomenMenSMD (absolute)
NE = 121 150NE = 26 280NE = 94 870
Demographic and hospital characteristics
 Age (years), mean (SD)66.8 (66.74–66.85)66.6 (66.5–66.7)67.6 (67.5–67.7)0.1
 Caucasian race (%)75.676.971.00.14
 Lowest quartile household income (%)28.327.132.70.13
 Medicare/Medicaid insurance (%)35.937.530.20.15
 Large hospital bed size (%)58.658.857.70.02
 Teaching hospital (%)82.782.982.30.01
 Elective admission (%)42.844.636.20.17
Patient comorbidity (%)
 Congestive heart failure40.239.044.50.11
 NSTEMI39.237.445.70.17
 Prior sternotomy4.74.84.50.02
 Arrhythmia47.149.040.60.17
 Valvular disease19.819.022.60.09
 Diabetes mellitus51.449.558.40.18
 Hypertension4745.751.60.12
 Chronic kidney disease (stage III–IV)11.511.113.10.06
 Peripheral vascular disease13.513.414.00.02
 Cerebrovascular accident2.11.93.00.08
 Chronic pulmonary disease20.719.026.90.2
 Coagulopathy21.422.119.40.07
 Anaemia3.22.75.10.13
 Malignancy2.62.72.40.02
 Liver disease1.81.72.30.05
 Obesity28.927.733.60.13

NE: national estimates; NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; SD: standard deviation; SMD: standardized mean difference.

Table 1:

Comparison of baseline characteristics between men and women

Baseline characteristicsOverallWomenMenSMD (absolute)
NE = 121 150NE = 26 280NE = 94 870
Demographic and hospital characteristics
 Age (years), mean (SD)66.8 (66.74–66.85)66.6 (66.5–66.7)67.6 (67.5–67.7)0.1
 Caucasian race (%)75.676.971.00.14
 Lowest quartile household income (%)28.327.132.70.13
 Medicare/Medicaid insurance (%)35.937.530.20.15
 Large hospital bed size (%)58.658.857.70.02
 Teaching hospital (%)82.782.982.30.01
 Elective admission (%)42.844.636.20.17
Patient comorbidity (%)
 Congestive heart failure40.239.044.50.11
 NSTEMI39.237.445.70.17
 Prior sternotomy4.74.84.50.02
 Arrhythmia47.149.040.60.17
 Valvular disease19.819.022.60.09
 Diabetes mellitus51.449.558.40.18
 Hypertension4745.751.60.12
 Chronic kidney disease (stage III–IV)11.511.113.10.06
 Peripheral vascular disease13.513.414.00.02
 Cerebrovascular accident2.11.93.00.08
 Chronic pulmonary disease20.719.026.90.2
 Coagulopathy21.422.119.40.07
 Anaemia3.22.75.10.13
 Malignancy2.62.72.40.02
 Liver disease1.81.72.30.05
 Obesity28.927.733.60.13
Baseline characteristicsOverallWomenMenSMD (absolute)
NE = 121 150NE = 26 280NE = 94 870
Demographic and hospital characteristics
 Age (years), mean (SD)66.8 (66.74–66.85)66.6 (66.5–66.7)67.6 (67.5–67.7)0.1
 Caucasian race (%)75.676.971.00.14
 Lowest quartile household income (%)28.327.132.70.13
 Medicare/Medicaid insurance (%)35.937.530.20.15
 Large hospital bed size (%)58.658.857.70.02
 Teaching hospital (%)82.782.982.30.01
 Elective admission (%)42.844.636.20.17
Patient comorbidity (%)
 Congestive heart failure40.239.044.50.11
 NSTEMI39.237.445.70.17
 Prior sternotomy4.74.84.50.02
 Arrhythmia47.149.040.60.17
 Valvular disease19.819.022.60.09
 Diabetes mellitus51.449.558.40.18
 Hypertension4745.751.60.12
 Chronic kidney disease (stage III–IV)11.511.113.10.06
 Peripheral vascular disease13.513.414.00.02
 Cerebrovascular accident2.11.93.00.08
 Chronic pulmonary disease20.719.026.90.2
 Coagulopathy21.422.119.40.07
 Anaemia3.22.75.10.13
 Malignancy2.62.72.40.02
 Liver disease1.81.72.30.05
 Obesity28.927.733.60.13

NE: national estimates; NSTEMI: non-ST elevation myocardial infarction; SD: standard deviation; SMD: standardized mean difference.

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