Table 1 Patient characteristics at baseline. Data are mean (SD) or number of cases (%)
Variable | All participants (N = 271) | Benign disease (n = 190) | Malignant disease (n = 81) | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age (years) | 56.6 (14.4) | 53.5 (14.2) | 64.1 (11.8) | < 0.001 |
Height (cm) | 163 (6) | 163 (6) | 163 (5) | 0.38 |
Weight (kg) | 75 (16) | 74 (15) | 78 (18) | 0.067 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 28.2 (5.7) | 27.6 (5.1) | 29.6 (6.8) | 0.018 |
Number of comorbidities, ICD-10 | 2 (2) | 2 (2) | 3 (2) | 0.11 |
I00-I99: Cardiovascular | 123 (45%) | 80 (42%) | 43 (53%) | 0.092 |
E00-E90: Endocrine and metabolic | 105 (39%) | 66 (35%) | 39 (48%) | 0.097 |
M00-M99: Musculoskeletal | 62 (23%) | 40 (21%) | 22 (27%) | 0.43 |
G00-G99: Nervous system | 45 (17%) | 31 (16%) | 14 (17%) | 0.91 |
J00-J99: Respiratory | 44 (16%) | 30 (16%) | 14 (17%) | 0.85 |
Other: C00-C48/D50-D89/F00-F99/H00-H59/H60-H95/K00-K99/L00-L99/N00-N99 | 35/10/18/14/6/34/12/21 | 22/8/13/5/2/23/8/18 | 13/2/5/9/4/11/4/3 | |
Number of regular medicines | 3 (3) | 3 (3) | 4 (3) | 0.02 |
Smoking | ||||
Current smoker (yes) | 32 (12%) | 27 (14%) | 5 (6%) | 0.063 |
Cigarettes/day | 9 (5) | 9 (5) | 11 (7) | 0.54 |
12 months after surgery (yes) | 20 (8%) | 16 (10%) | 4 (6%) | 0.32 |
ASA class (1/2/3/4) | 55/143/68/5 | 45/105/38/2 | 10/38/30/3 | 0.001 |
Mortality | ||||
12 months | 5 (1.8%) | 0 | 5 (6.2%) | 0.002 |
Entire follow-up | 10 (3.7%) | 1 (0.5%) | 9 (11.1%) | < 0.001 |
Time from surgery to death (months) | 13.6 (6.9) | 21 | 12.8 (6.7) | 0.40 |
Follow-up time (months) | 34.6 (6.3) | 34.6 (6.2) | 34.6 (6.6) | 0.98 |