Table 1.
Patient sociodemographic characteristics by surgical approach.
| Characteristics Total N=6262 |
Abdominal N=2614 |
Vaginal N=666 |
Laparoscopic N=1717 |
Robotic N=1186 |
Single-incision laparoscopic N=79 |
P valuea | |
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n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) |
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Age, years
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<.001 |
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|
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<40 | 333 (12.74) | 110 (16.52) |
362 (21.08) |
224 (18.89) |
10 (12.66) |
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|
|
40-49 | 1097 (41.97) |
269 (40.39) | 780 (45.43) |
599 (50.51) |
31 (39.24) |
|
|
|
50-59 | 1017 (38.91) |
201 (30.18) |
502 (29.24) |
315 (26.56) | 32 (40.51) |
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|
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≥60 | 167 (6.39) | 86 (12.91) | 73 (4.25) | 48 (4.05) | 6 (7.59) |
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Education
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|
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.009 | |
|
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Middle or high school | 362 (13.85) |
94 (14.11) |
231 (13.45) |
119 (10.03) |
10 (12.66) |
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|
|
Some college | 788 (30.15) |
223 (33.48) |
543 (31.62) |
343 (28.92) |
19 (24.05) |
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|
|
College | 954 (36.50) |
237 (35.59) |
642 (37.39) |
478 (40.30) |
34 (43.04) |
|
| Graduate school or higher | 510 (19.51) | 112 (16.82) | 301 (17.53) | 246 (20.74) | 16 (20.25) |
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Family income
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|
|
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|
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<.001 | |
|
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<$50,000 | 644 (24.64) |
139 (20.87) |
369 (21.49) |
223 (18.80) |
24 (30.38) |
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|
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$50,000-$75,000 | 649 (24.83) |
174 (26.13) |
447 (26.03) |
283 (23.86) |
17 (21.52) |
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|
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$76,000-$125,000 | 817 (31.25) |
237 (35.59) |
589 (34.30) |
427 (36.00) |
17 (21.52) |
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|
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>$125,000 | 504 (19.28) | 116 (17.42) | 312 (18.17) | 253 (21.33) | 21 (26.58) |
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Race
|
|
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|
|
|
<.001 | |
|
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White | 2099 (80.30) |
592 (88.89) |
1462 (85.15) |
991 (83.56) |
64 (81.01) |
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African American | 298 (11.40) | 30 (4.50) |
120 (6.99) |
98 (8.26) |
5 (6.33) |
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|
|
Hispanic | 96 (3.67) |
16 (2.40) |
67 (3.90) |
55 (4.64) |
4 (5.06) |
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|
|
Other | 121 (4.63) | 28 (4.20) | 68 (3.96) | 42 (3.54) | 6 (7.59) |
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Community type
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|
|
|
|
|
.04 | |
|
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Urban | 500 (19.13) | 111 (16.67) |
300 (17.47) |
230 (19.39) |
16 (20.25) |
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|
|
Suburban | 1408 (53.86) |
341 (51.20) |
912 (53.12) |
664 (55.99) | 41 (51.90) |
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Rural | 706 (27.01) | 214 (32.13) | 505 (29.41) | 292 (24.62) | 22 (27.85) |
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Insurance type
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|
|
|
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.10 | |
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Private | 2217 (84.81) |
551 (82.73) |
1470 (85.61) |
1045 (88.11) |
68 (86.08) |
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|
|
Medicare | 81 (3.10) |
33 (4.95) |
54 (3.15) | 29 (2.45) |
3 (3.80) |
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|
|
Medicaid | 60 (2.30) |
19 (2.85) |
35 (2.04) |
16 (1.35) | 1 (1.27) |
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|
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Other | 256 (9.79) | 63 (9.46) | 158 (9.20) | 96 (8.09) | 7 (8.86) |
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a P value based on the overall chi-square test of the characteristic by surgical modality.