Table 1. Patient baseline characteristics in the Dusting versus Basketing Cohorts.

	Dusting (N=106)	Basketing (N=112)	P
Age (years,Mean±SD)	46.6±12.7	47.2±13.2	0.748#
Gender (male, %)	67(63%)	65(58%)	0.435*
Side, n (%)			0.301*
Right	40 (37.7)	50 (44.6)
Left	66 (62.3)	62 (55.4)
Stone number, n (%)			0.593*
Single	52 (49.1)	59 (52.7)
Multiple	54 (50.9)	53 (47.3)
Stone location, n (%)			0.632*
Renal pelvis	24 (22.6)	30 (26.8)
calyx	53 (50.0)	49 (43.7)
Multiple sites	29 (27.4)	33 (29.5)
Stone size (mm, Mean±SD)	13.5±3.8	14.3±3.7	0.099*
UTI (positive culture)	16 (15.1)	18 (16.1)	0.842*
Creatinine (µmol/L, Mean±SD)	86.2±20.1	88.7±21.4	0.373#

*Results assessed statistically using the chi-squared test; #Results assessed statistically using the Student t test.