Table 1.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study participants

Variable	Summary
Age in years, median (range)	55 (18 - 91)
Male, n, %	275 (46)
Female, n, %	327 (54)
Race, n, %
Caucasian/White	445 (74)
Black	75 (12)
Asian	14 (2)
Hispanic	68 (11)
BMI, median (range) kg/m2	28.1 (24.3-32.4)
BMI Groups, n, %
Underweight (<18.5)	4 (0.7)
Normal weight (18.5-24.9)	167 (27.3)
Overweight (24.9-29.5)	197 (32)
Obese (30-40)	193 (32)
Morbid Obesity (>40)	46 (8)
Time in operating room, median (range) minutes	101 (65-153)
Total Anesthesia Time, median (range), minutes	112 (77-169
Self Reported Health, n, %
Excellent	71 (11.8)
Very good	174 (28.9)
Good	249 (41.4)
Fair	97 (16.1)
Poor	11 (1.8)
Surgical Procedures, n, %
Arthroscopy	105 (17)
Bladder and Kidney	60 (10)
Upper GI (endoscopy, hernia & others)	122 (20)
Lower GI (colonoscopy & polyp biopsy)	80 (13)
Lens and Cataract	107 (18)
Skin/wound debridement	81 (14)
Septoplasty and tympanoplasty	47 (8)