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Table 4 Hospital presentation and course for first-sepsis events stratified by race

From: Black-white racial disparities in sepsis: a prospective analysis of the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) cohort

 

Black

White

P value*

(n = 511)

(n = 1,015)

Infection type (%)

   

 Lung

235 (46.0)

503 (49.5)

0.04

 Kidney

93 (18.2)

167 (16.4)

 

 Abdominal

66 (12.9)

166 (16.3)

 

 Skin

47 (9.2)

76 (7.5)

 

 Sepsis

42 (8.2)

61 (6.0)

 

 Other

28 (5.5)

44 (4.3)

 

Severe sepsis (%)

393 (76.9)

726 (71.5)

0.02

SOFA score**

2 (1-4)

2 (1-3)

0.04

MEDS score***

3 (3-6)

3 (3-9)

0.2

Admission to ICU (%)

63 (12.3)

125 (12.3)

1.0

Hospital mortality (%)

53 (10.4)

87 (8.6)

0.3

Long-term mortality (%)

162 (31.7)

296 (29.2)

0.3

  1. *Estimated using either the Chi-square or Wilcoxon test. **Sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, 28 hours, median (IQR). ***Mortality in Emergency Department sepsis (MEDS) score, median (IQR)
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