Table 1.
Patient demographics.
| Characteristics | Lichtenstein technique |
Shouldice technique |
p-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 218 | N = 183 | |||
| Age (yr) | <20 | 29 (13.3) | 27(14.8) | 0.88 |
| 20–34 | 50 (22.9) | 44 (24) | ||
| 35–49 | 42 (19.3) | 39 (21.3) | ||
| 50–64 | 48 (22) | 39 (21.3) | ||
| >65 | 49 (22.5) | 34 (18.6) | ||
| Sex | Male | 202 (92.7) | 172 (94) | 0.59 |
| Female | 16 (7.3) | 11 (6) | ||
| BMI | >25 | 36 (16.5) | 20 (10.9) | 0.1 |
| ≤25 | 182 (83.5) | 163 (89.1) | ||
| Smoker | 111 (50.9) | 76 (41.5) | 0.061 | |
| Occupation | Jobless | 61 (28) | 29 (26.8) | 0.054 |
| Worker | 31 (14.2) | 39 (21.3) | ||
| Retired | 4 (1.8) | 10 (5.5) | ||
| Employee | 27 (12.4) | 11 (6) | ||
| Agriculturist | 42 (19.3) | 27 (14.8) | ||
| Housekeeper | 12 (5.5) | 9 (4.9) | ||
| self-employment | 41 (18.8) | 38 (20.8) | ||