. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 16.

Published in final edited form as: J Surg Res. 2015 Apr 18;199(1):121–125. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2015.04.045

Table 1.

Patient characteristics, SSG versus CG.

Variable	Patients with substernal goiter (n = 127)	Patients with cervical goiter (n = 93)	P value
Male	38 (30)	27 (29)	0.886
Female	89 (70)	66 (71)
Age, y, mean + SD	61.7 ± 14.6	50.8 ± 16.7	0.001
BMI, mean ± SD	35.4 ± 9.7	34.4 ± 9.1	0.506
Previous neck surgery	13 (10)	5 (5.4)	0.194
Sternotomy	7 (5.5)	0 (0)	0.021
OR time (min)	246.2 ± 129.9	226.7 ± 115.5	0.451
Thyroid weight (g)	170.9 ± 120	172.2 ± 97	0.932
Estimated blood loss (mL)	204.9 ± 391.2	144.7 ± 180.8	0.185
Length of stay (d)	1.87 ± 1.59	1.5 ± 1.69	0.116

Values are presented as number of patients and percentages.

BMI = body mass index; OR = operating time; SD = standard deviation.