Table 3.

Time of surgery

Variable	Total	HP group	RPA group	Ostomy group	P value
Time from hospital admission to surgery					< .001
Less than 1 h	37 (3.0%)	25 (3.5%)	8 (2.0%)	4 (2.9%)
Between 1 and 6 h	402 (33.1%)	255 (36.6%)	99 (25.8%)	48 (35.8%)
From 6 to 12 h	213 (17.5%)	141 (20.2%)	54 (14.0%)	18 (13.4%)
From 12 to 24 h	169 (13.9%)	90 (12.9%)	68 (17.7%)	11 (8.2%)
After 24 h	392 (32.3%)	185 (26.5%)	154 (40.2%)	53 (39.5%)
Day of surgery					0.025
Weekday	926 (76.2%)	507 (72.7%)	314 (81.7%)	105 (78.3%)
Weekend	270 (22.2%)	178 (25.5%)	64 (16.6%)	28 (20.8%)
Public holiday	18 (1.4%)	12 (1.7%)	5 (1.3%)	1 (0.7%)
Time of surgery					< .001
Day: 7 am–8 pm	735 (60.4%)	359 (51.5%)	282 (73.4%)	94 (70.1%)
Early night: 8 pm–11 pm	241 (19.8%)	157 (22.5%)	62 (16.1%)	22 (16.4%)
Late night: 11 pm–7am	238 (19.6%)	181 (25.9%)	39 (10.1%)	18 (13.4%)