Table 1.
Demographic, patient, and surgical characteristics by category of body mass index (n=893)
| Body Mass Indexa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Total | Normal | Overweight | Obese | P value |
| Total, row % | 893 | 341 (38.2) | 285 (31.9) | 267 (29.9) | |
| BMI | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 27.9 (6.4) | 22.2 (1.9) | 27.4 (1.4) | 35.7 (5.1) | <0.0001 |
| Age (y) | |||||
| Mean (SD) | 49.3 (11.9) | 48.2 (11.9) | 49.2 (11.7) | 51.0 (12.1) | 0.01 |
| Parity | |||||
| Median (IQR) | 2 (1-3) | 2 (1-2) | 2 (2-3) | 2 (1-3) | <0.0001 |
| Insurance | |||||
| Private | 701 (79.3) | 274 (80.8) | 213 (75.5) | 214 (81.4) | 0.4 |
| Public | 170 (19.2) | 60 (17.7) | 65 (23.0) | 45 (17.1) | |
| None | 13 (1.5) | 5 (1.5) | 4 (1.4) | 4 (1.5) | |
| Documented Diagnosis | |||||
| AUB | 324 (36.3) | 119 (34.9) | 105 (36.8) | 100 (37.5) | 0.8 |
| Pain | 167 (18.7) | 64 (18.8) | 72 (25.3) | 31 (11.6) | 0.0002 |
| Symptomatic fibroids | 209 (23.4) | 81 (23.8) | 66 (23.2) | 62 (23.2) | 1.0 |
| Prolapse | 169 (18.9) | 70 (20.5) | 60 (21.1) | 39 (14.6) | 0.09 |
| Suspected malignancy | 158 (17.7) | 59 (17.3) | 38 (13.3) | 61 (22.8) | 0.01 |
| Endometriosis | 49 (5.5) | 26 (7.6) | 21 (7.4) | 2 (0.7) | <0.0001 |
| Previous abdominal surgery | 599 (68.1) | 206 (61.3) | 205 (73.0) | 188 (71.5) | 0.003 |
| Medical comorbidities | |||||
| CAD/HTN | 255 (28.6) | 69 (20.2) | 67 (23.5) | 119 (44.6) | <0.0001 |
| Pulmonary disease | 149 (16.7) | 44 (12.9) | 49 (17.2) | 56 (21.0) | 0.03 |
| DM | 55 (6.2) | 6 (1.8) | 19 (6.7) | 30 (11.2) | <0.0001 |
| Duration of surgery (min) | |||||
| Median (Range) | 123 (21-420) | 120 (28-369) | 122 (21-420) | 130 (34-321) | 0.02 |
| Type of hysterectomy* | |||||
| Abdominal | 171 (19.1) | 63 (18.5) | 43 (15.1) | 65 (24.3) | 0.1 |
| Vaginal | 176 (19.7) | 69 (20.2) | 55 (19.3) | 52 (19.5) | |
| LAVH | 294 (32.9) | 106 (31.1) | 100 (35.1) | 88 (33.0) | |
| TLH/LASH | 252 (28.2) | 103 (30.2) | 87 (30.5) | 62 (23.2) | |
| EBL (cc) | |||||
| Median (Range) | 200 (10-2700) | 200 (20-1500) | 200 (25-1700) | 300 (10-2700) | <0.0001 |
| Duration of hospitalization (days) | |||||
| Median (Range) | 2 (0-17) | 2 (1-17) | 2 (0-7) | 2 (1-15) | <0.0001 |
| Other procedures | |||||
| USO or BSO | 419 (46.9) | 154 (45.2) | 130 (45.6) | 135 (50.6) | 0.4 |
| Prolapse | 197 (22.1) | 71 (20.8) | 62 (21.8) | 64 (24.0) | 0.6 |
| Staging | 131 (14.7) | 50 (14.7) | 27 (9.5) | 54 (20.2) | 0.002 |
| Lysis of adhesions | 60 (6.7) | 21 (6.2) | 25 (8.8) | 14 (5.2) | 0.2 |
| Uterine size (g) | |||||
| Median (Range) | 106 (2-1542) | 100 (19-1111) | 105.5 (18-1060) | 116 (2-1542) | 0.02 |
Abbreviations: AUB= abnormal uterine bleeding; BSO= bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy; CAD/HTN=coronary artery disease/hypertension’ DM = diabetes mellitus; EBL= estimated blood loss; IQR= Interquartile range; LAVH = laparoscopically-assisted vaginal hysterectomy; SD= standard deviation; TLH/LASH = total laparoscopic hysterectomy/laparoscopic supracervical hysterectomy; USO= unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy
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Data are number (column %) unless otherwise indicated. Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding