Table 2

Patient characteristics for suspected or confirmed acute cholecystitis

VariablePre-CoVCoV
TotalAsianBlackHispanicWhiteTotalAsianBlackHispanicWhite
Total patients (n)6613271113445273103719207
Gender (% female)57%50%72%67%53%55%20%49%68%56%
Age (years)53.84 (0.73)58.15 (3.31)53.9 (2.36)42.93 (1.57)56.24 (0.87)52.78 (1.08)47.6 (3.58)52.91 (3.18)47.84 (2.91)53.46 (1.26)
Duration of symptoms before hospital triage (hours)49.61 (2.99)37.52 (6.69)41.80 (6.2169.13 (9.57)47.64 (3.63)42.73 (3.62)100.6 (40.88)34.25 (7.36)85.76 (26.95)37.87 (3.22)
AAST imaging score1.07 (0.02)1.00 (0.01)1.03 (0.02)1.04 (0.03)1.09 (0.02)1.16 (0.03)1.20 (0.13)1.00 (0.01)1.00 (0.01)1.22 (0.04)
AAST pathology score1.28 (0.03)1.45 (0.16)1.18 (0.06)1.20 (0.07)1.29 (0.04)1.4 (0.05)2.57 (0.59)1.44 (0.18)1.57 (0.22)1.37 (0.06)
Time from hospital triage to initial intervention (hours)34.48 (1.59)28.68 (4.36)34.48 (5.53)35.13 (3.02)34.52 (2.07)43.88 (5.67)60.65 (41.42)38.36 (5.68)59.92 (27.22)41.36 (6.59)
Length of hospital stay (days)4.88 (0.19)5.53 (0.95)5.17 (0.68)4.59 (0.38)4.72 (0.21)5.38 (0.40)8.10 (4.00)4.56 (0.51)6.89 (2.05)5.24 (0.43)
  • *Values are listed as mean (SEM), unless otherwise indicated.

  • AAST, American Association for the Surgery of Trauma .