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Table 3 Balance table

From: Using the Elixhauser risk adjustment model to predict outcomes among patients hospitalized in internal medicine at a large, tertiary-care hospital in Israel

Elixhauser Group, n (%)

Overall (N = 55,946)

Derivation Set (n = 39,162)

Validation Set (n = 16,784)

P value

Congestive heart failure

14,613 (27.0)

10,181 (27.0)

4432 (27.0)

0.6

Cardiac arrhythmias

2068 (3.9)

1478 (3.9)

590 (3.7)

0.11

Valvular disease

7327 (14.0)

5128 (14.0)

2199 (14.0)

0.8

Pulmonary circulation disorder

4128 (7.7)

2875 (7.7)

1253 (7.8)

0.8

Peripheral vascular disorders

11,812 (22.0)

8214 (22.0)

3598 (22.0)

0.4

Hypertension

24,721 (46.0)

17,343 (46.0)

7378 (46.0)

0.2

Paralysis

801 (1.5)

574 (1.5)

227 (1.4)

0.3

Neurodegenerative disorder

2455 (4.6)

1706 (4.6)

749 (4.6)

0.7

Chronic pulmonary disease

6497 (12.0)

4480 (12.0)

2017 (12.0)

0.091

Diabetes, uncomplicated

6672 (12.0)

4685 (13.0)

1987 (12.0)

0.5

Diabetes, complicated

691 (1.3)

486 (1.3)

205 (1.3)

0.8

Hypothyroidism

6092 (11.0)

4,287 (11.0)

1,805 (11.0)

0.4

Renal failure

1163 (2.2)

797 (2.1)

366 (2.3)

0.3

Liver disease

1126 (2.1)

767 (2.0)

359 (2.2)

0.2

Peptic ulcer disease, no bleeding

508 (0.9)

359 (1.0)

149 (0.9)

0.7

AIDS/HIV

16 (< 0.1)

11 (< 0.1)

5 (< 0.1)

 > 0.9

Lymphoma

434 (0.8)

320 (0.9)

114 (0.7)

0.087

Metastatic cancer

1269 (2.4)

900 (2.4)

369 (2.3)

0.4

Solid tumor without metastasis

4380 (8.2)

3069 (8.2)

1,311 (8.1)

0.8

RA / collagen vascular disease

1,108 (2.1)

776 (2.1)

332 (2.1)

 > 0.9

Coagulopathy

1065 (2.0)

760 (2.0)

305 (1.9)

0.3

Obesity

3055 (5.7)

2,133 (5.7)

922 (5.7)

 > 0.9

Weight loss

285 (0.5)

201 (0.5)

84 (0.5)

0.9

Fluid and electrolyte disorder

6874 (13.0)

4773 (13.0)

2101 (13.0)

0.4

Deficiency anemia

3749 (7.0)

2618 (7.0)

1131 (7.0)

 > 0.9

Alcohol abuse

214 (0.4)

148 (0.4)

66 (0.4)

0.9

Drug abuse

71 (0.1)

54 (0.1)

17 (0.1)

0.3

Psychosis

1316 (2.5)

909 (2.4)

407 (2.5)

0.5

Depression

2354 (4.4)

1628 (4.3)

726 (4.5)

0.5

  1. AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; HIV human immunodeficiency virus; RA rheumatoid arthritis