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. 2008 Jan 4;1(4):297–302. doi: 10.1007/s11701-007-0059-1

Table 3.

Postoperative characteristics of prostate cancer patients receiving RAP by BMI status

Normal Overweight Mildly Obese Severely Obese P value
BMI < 25 BMI 25–29.9 BMI 30–34.9 BMI 35+
n = 361 n = 794 n = 290 n = 68
Hospital stay, N (%)
 0–2 306 (84.8) 691 (87.1) 243 (83.8) 55 (80.9) 0.32
 3+ 55 (15.2) 103 (12.9) 47 (16.2) 13 (19.1)
Hospital stay (days), median (std) 2 ± 1.7 2 ± 1.5 2 ± 1.6 2 ± 1.1 0.09
Days to catheter removal, median (std error) 7 ± 7.9 7 ± 4.0 7 ± 4.7 7 ± 9.4 0.45*
Months to continence, median (std error) 3.7 ± 0.5 2.9 ± 0.3 4.0 ± 0.4 4.2 ± 0.6 0.22*

* Log-rank P value