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Table 1 Characteristics and comorbidities of total SSc hospital admissions from 2002–2019

From: Pericardial effusions and cardiac tamponade in hospitalized systemic sclerosis patients: analysis of the national inpatient sample

 

N

Percentage

Sex

  

Male

82,332

15.70%

Female

440,987

84.30%

Race

  

White

316,298

69.30%

Black

70,859

15.50%

Hispanic

47,087

10.30%

Asian or Pacific islander

8068

1.80%

Native American

3631

0.80%

Other

10,681

2.30%

Pulmonary disease

183,958

35.1%

Pulmonary circulatory diseases

123,574

23.60%

Alcohol use

5456

1.00%

Anemia

45,369

8.70%

Hypothyroidism

106,719

20.40%

Obesity

12,760

2.40%

smoking

41,223

7.90%

Prior CABG

2271

0.4%

Congestive Heart failure

131,424

25.10%

Atrial fibrillation

76,072

14.50%

Coronary artery disease

91,988

17.60%

End stage renal disease

20,233

3.90%

Hypertension

277,780

53.10%

Diabetes

8940

1.70%

Died during hospitalization

24,764

4.7%