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Table 1 Demographics and Clinical Characteristics by Race/Ethnicity for Patients in the Observational Cohort from Northern California, 2015-2020

From: Disparities in postoperative opioid prescribing by race and ethnicity: an electronic health records-based observational study from Northern California, 2015–2020

 

Non-Hispanic

White

Hispanic,

Any Race

Non-Hispanic,

Asian

Non-Hispanic,

Black

Non-Hispanic,

Other

All

Patients

 

N=28,586

 N=16,846

 N=7,819

 N=3,850

 N=4,463

 N=61,564

Sex, n (%)

      

Male

4,974 (17.4%)

2,143 (12.7%)

793 (10.1%)

317 (8.2%)

637 (14.3%)

8,864 (14.4%)

Female

23,612 (82.6%)

14,703 (87.3%)

7,026 (89.9%)

3,533 (91.8%)

3,825 (85.7%)

52,699 (85.6%)

Missing

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

1 (0.0%)

Mean Age, Years (SD)

45.4 (16.9)

36.1 (12.8)

41.0 (14.0)

37.9 (14.7)

38.4 (14.0)

41.3 (15.7)

Mean BMI, kg/m 2 (SD)

30.4 (6.8)

32.6 (6.9)

27.9 (5.3)

33.9 (8.0)

31.4 (7.2)

31.0 (7.0)

Current smoker, n (%)

2,399 (8.4%)

756 (4.5)

214 (2.7%)

443 (11.5%)

318 (7.1%)

4,130 (6.7%)

ASA Physical Status, n (%)

      

Healthy

3,696 (12.9%)

2,092 (12.4%)

1,297 (16.6%)

235 (6.1%)

586 (13.1%)

7,906 (12.8%)

Mild Systemic Disease

17,236 (60.3%)

10,204 (60.6%)

5,120 (65.5%)

2,152 (55.9%)

2,735 (61.3%)

37,447 (60.8%)

Severe Systemic Disease

6,163 (21.6%)

3,672 (21.8%)

978 (12.5%)

1,264 (32.8%)

913 (20.5%)

12,990 (21.1%)

Incapacitating Disease/Moribund

240 (0.8%)

96 (0.6%)

34 (0.4%)

38 (1.0%)

24 (0.5%)

432 (0.7%)

Missing

1,251 (4.4%)

782 (4.6%)

390 (5.0%)

161 (4.2%)

205 (4.6%)

2,789 (4.5%)

Diabetes, n (%)

1,753 (6.1%)

1,287 (7.6%)

660 (8.4%)

359 (9.3%)

347 (7.8%)

4,406 (7.2%)

Pain Condition, n (%)

13,553 (47.4%)

4,521 (26.8%)

1,906 (24.4%)

1,210 (31.4%)

1,380 (30.9%)

22,570 (36.7%)

Procedure Length, n (%)

      

<1 h

20,103 (70.3%)

12,437 (73.8%)

5,805 (74.2%)

2,668 (69.3%)

3,283 (73.6%)

44,296 (72.0%)

1 to 2 h

6,496 (22.7%)

3,348 (19.9%)

1,433 (18.3%)

812 (21.1%)

861 (19.3%)

12,950 (21.0%)

>2 to 3 h

1,088 (3.8%)

466 (2.8%)

215 (2.7%)

153 (4.0%)

126 (2.8%)

2,048 (3.3%)

>3 h

421 (1.5%)

191 (1.1%)

102 (1.3%)

104 (2.7%)

56 (1.3%)

874 (1.4%)

Missing

478 (1.7%)

404 (2.4%)

264 (3.4%)

113 (2.9%)

137 (3.1%)

1,396 (2.3%)

Median Length of Stay, Days (IQR)

1.5 (0.3-3.3)

2.4 (0.8-3.6)

3.1 (0.8-4.2)

3.0 (1.0-4.2)

2.4 (0.5-4.0)

2.2 (0.3-3.7)

Opioid Rx Prior to Admission, n (%)

5,688 (19.9)

2,698 (16.0)

609 (7.8)

742 (19.3)

631 (14.1)

10,368 (16.8)

Prior Chronic Opioid Use, n (%)

1,321 (4.6%)

649 (3.9%)

142 (1.8%)

197 (5.1%)

139 (3.1%)

2,448 (4.0%)

Opioid Rx Prior to Discharge, n (%)

26,011 (91.0%)

15,187 (90.2%)

6,676 (85.4%)

3,369 (87.5%)

3,899 (87.4%)

55,142 (89.6%)

Concurrent benzodiazepine, n (%)

249 (0.9%)

41 (0.2%)

18 (0.2%)

13 (0.3%)

16 (0.4%)

337 (0.6%)

Procedure, n (%)

      

Knee Arthroscopy

1,754 (6.1%)

515 (3.1%)

97 (1.2%)

104 (2.7%)

176 (3.9%)

2,646 (4.3%)

Total Knee Arthroplasty

1,358 (4.8%)

190 (1.1%)

115 (1.5%)

70 (1.8%)

80 (1.8%)

1,813 (2.9%)

Lumpectomy +/- SLNB

3,236 (11.3%)

697 (4.1%)

998 (12.8%)

394 (10.2%)

293 (6.6%)

5,618 (9.1%)

Lap. Cholecystectomy/Appendectomy

8,959 (31.3%)

5,299 (31.5%)

1,713 (21.9%)

770 (20.0%)

1,245 (27.9%)

17,986 (29.2%)

MIS Gynecological Procedures

3,505 (12.3%)

1,781 (10.6%)

562 (7.2%)

455 (11.8%)

496 (11.1%)

6,799 (11.0%)

Cesarean Delivery

9,774 (34.2%)

8,364 (49.6%)

4,334 (55.4%)

2,057 (53.4%)

2,173 (48.7%)

26,702 (43.4%)

Case Type, n (%)

      

Elective

16,882 (59.1%)

8,575 (50.9%)

4,331 (55.4%)

2,027 (52.6%)

2,328 (52.2%)

34,143 (55.5%)

Emergent

2,961 (10.4%)

2,517 (14.9%)

945 (12.1%)

585 (15.2%)

618 (13.8%)

7,626 (12.4%)

Urgent/Trauma

4,817 (16.9%)

3,627 (21.5%)

1,635 (20.9%)

865 (22.5%)

1,032 (23.1%)

11,976 (19.5%)

Missing

3,926 (13.7%)

2,127 (12.6%)

908 (11.6%)

373 (9.7%)

485 (10.9%)

7,819 (12.7%)

Median Month-Year, Quarter (IQR)

11.0 (6.0-16.0)

11.0 (6.0-16.0)

11.0 (7.0-16.0)

11.0 (7.0-16.0)

12.0 (7.0-16.0)

11.0 (6.0-16.0)

  1. ASA, American Society for Anesthesiology BMI, body mass index; IQR, interquartile range; Lap, laparoscopic; MIS, minimally invasive surgery; Rx, prescription; SD, standard deviation; SLNB, sentinel lymph node biopsy