Table 1.
Comparison of demographic, anthropometric, and stone characteristics among studied groups
| Flexible ureteroscope group N = 153 (%) |
ESWL group N = 117 (%) |
Mini PCNL group N = 144 (%) |
χ2 | p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender | |||||
|
Female Male |
39 (25.5%) 114 (74.5%) |
69 (59%) 48 (41%) |
39 (27.1%) 105 (72.9%) |
2.813 | 0.245 |
| Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | Mean ± SD | F | p | |
| Age (year) | 46.75 ± 13.46 | 43.82 ± 11.67 | 43.39 ± 10.69 | 1.619 | 0.202 |
| Weight (kg) | 79.96 ± 8.22 | 80.66 ± 7.39 | 78.72 ± 7.18 | 0.833 | 0.437 |
| Height (m) | 1.75 ± 0.07 | 1.72 ± 0.07 | 1.73 ± 0.06 | 2.239 | 0.11 |
| BMI(kg/m2) | 26.21 ± 2.56 | 27.36 ± 2.67 | 26.37 ± 2.56 | 2.838 | 0.062 |
| HU | 1219.12 ± 324.08 | 1161.2 ± 256.39 | 1242.86 ± 308.95 | 0.994 | 0.372 |
| Stone size(mm) | 13.4 ± 3.7 | 12.86 ± 3.29 | 13.48 ± 3.33 | 1.207 | 0.133 |
F One way ANOVA test χ2Chi square test F p1 difference between flexible and ESWL groups p2 difference between ESWL and Mini PCNL groups p3 difference between flexible and mini PCNL groups *p < 0.05 is statistically significant **p ≤ 0.001 is statistically highly significant