Table 1.

Sample Characteristics Comparing Women Who Experienced PDNV With Those Who Did Not

Characteristic	Total (N = 80)	PDNV (n = 17)	No PDNV (n = 63)
	n	n	n
Nonsmoker	66	12	54

Characteristic	X̄	SD	X̄	SD	X̄	SD
Age (years)	59.63	5.74	58.8	5.7	59.8	5.7
Days postoperative	29.4	15.8	30.64	12.8	29.08	16.6
BPI average paina, *	1.91	2.15	3.29	2.5	1.52	1.88
BPI worst paina, *	3	3.1	4.71	3.35	2.56	2.93
POMSb, *	8.78	5.4	11.47	7.7	8.06	4.3

^*p = 0.02

^a0–10 scale

^b0–24 scale

BPI—Brief Pain Inventory; PDNV—postdischarge nausea and vomiting; POMS—Profile of Mood States