Table 1.
Patient Characteristics
| Characteristic | Laparoscopy (n = 535) |
Laparotomy (n = 267) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | |
| Age, years | ||||
| Mean | 64.1 | 62.5 | ||
| Standard deviation | 11.2 | 11.8 | ||
| ≤ 39 | 13 | 2.4 | 8 | 3.0 |
| 40-49 | 40 | 7.5 | 28 | 10.5 |
| 50-59 | 142 | 26.5 | 69 | 25.8 |
| 60-69 | 161 | 30.1 | 91 | 34.1 |
| 70-79 | 147 | 27.5 | 50 | 18.7 |
| ≥80 | 32 | 6.0 | 21 | 7.9 |
| Weight, kg | ||||
| Mean | 75.9 | 77.0 | ||
| Standard deviation | 19.9 | 21.2 | ||
| Race | ||||
| White | 473 | 88.4 | 227 | 85.0 |
| Asian | 21 | 3.9 | 11 | 4.1 |
| Black | 22 | 4.1 | 12 | 4.5 |
| Other/not specified | 19 | 3.6 | 17 | 6.4 |
| Ethnicity | ||||
| Hispanic | 16 | 3.0 | 8 | 3.4 |
| Non-Hispanic | 519 | 97.0 | 257 | 96.3 |
| Not specified | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.4 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 286 | 53.5 | 147 | 55.1 |
| Widowed | 110 | 20.6 | 32 | 12.0 |
| Separated/divorced | 55 | 10.3 | 32 | 12.0 |
| Single | 37 | 6.9 | 22 | 8.2 |
| Unknown | 47 | 8.8 | 34 | 12.7 |