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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 May 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2013 Jan 11;216(4):791–799. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.12.005

Table 5.

Comparison of Intestinal Operations Based on Study Group

Characteristic NP PC p Value
n 144 24
Age, mean (SD), y 47 (14) 46 (17) 0.95
Male, n (%) 110 (77) 17 (71) 0.60
Patients with comorbidity, n (%) 79 (55) 13 (54) 0.99
 CAD 1 (1) 2 (8) 0.05
 Diabetes 6 (4) 3 (13) 0.09
 Cancer 45 (31) 5 (21) 0.47
 CHF 7 (5) 1 (4) 0.99
 Renal disease 1 (1) 0 (0) 0.99
 Liver disease 6 (4) 1 (4) 0.99
 COPD 7 (5) 1 (4) 0.99
 IBD 4 (3) 1 (4) 0.54
 Steroids 6 (4) 2 (8) 0.32
 HIV 3 (2) 1 (4) 0.54
Urgent procedure, n (%) 24 (17) 11 (46) 0.001
Complication, n (%) 32 (22) 5 (22) 0.99
Readmission, n (%) 16 (11) 1 (4) 0.47

Continuous variables were compared using a Student’s t-test. Dichotomous variables were compared using chi-square analysis and Fisher’s exact test.

CAD, coronary artery disease; CHF, congestive heart failure; NP, non-postcall; PC, postcall.