Variable ESRD with LGIB (%) ESRD without LGIB (%) p-value
Total 242075 1945879
Age (Mean ±S D) 64.4±14.2 61.4±15.6 0.00*
Female 45.7 46.4 0.11
Race
Caucasian (%) 41.27 44.02
African American (%) 33.9 33.2
Hispanic (%) 16.7 14.19 0.00*
Asian (%) 3.8 4.6
Native American (%) 1.1 1.08
Others (%) 3.04 2.8
Hospital Bed size (%)
Small 14.4 15.7
Medium 27.5 29.3 0.00*
Large 58.02 54.8
Hospital region (%)
Northeast 17.1 16.8
Midwest 21.6 19.8 0.00*
South 41.6 43.3
West 19.5 19.9
Discharge
Routine 52.4 40.2 0.00*
Skill Nursing Facility 2.5 2.8
Charlson comorbidity Index (%)
0 or 1 81.5 79.0
2 10.4 11.6 0.01*
3 7.9 9.2
Insurance Type (%)
Medicare (%) 77.1 72.8
Medicaid (%) 9.2 13.0 0.00*
Private (%) 10.8 10.9
Uninsured (%) 1.1 0.01
Teaching Hospital (%) 75.03 74.7 0.50
Chronic Co-morbidity
DM (%) 59 61.4 0.1
HTN (%) 1.6 1.5 0.19
Obesity (%) 15.1 15.9 0.2
Dyslipidemia (%) 40.7 41.9 0.1
CAD (%) 38.5 35.9 0.002*
CHF (%) 36.2 35.2 0.2
PVD (%) 10.1 9.9 0.8
Tobacco Smoking (%) 23.2 21.1 0.1
Alcohol Use 9%) 12..5 13.1 0.3
Blood Thinners (%) 12.7 11.5 0.3
Chronic Lung disease (%) 11.5 9.2 0.00*