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. 2016 Mar 19;16:17. doi: 10.1186/s12871-016-0185-2

Table 1.

Characteristics of patients

LA (n = 32) GA (n = 58) P
Mean age (SD) in years 79.31(17.94) 77.38(12.71) 0.554
Sex 0.126
 Male 20(62.5 %) 45(77.6 %)
 Female 12(37.5 %) 13(22.4 %)
BMI 0.223
 Mean (SD) 23.10(3.45) 24.29(3.20)
Site of hernia 0.142
 Right 15(46.9 %) 31(53.4 %)
 Left 17(53.1 %) 27(46.6 %)
Type of hernia 0.002*
 Primary 31(96.9 %) 49(84.5 %)
 Recurrent 1(3.1 %) 9(15.5 %)
ASA Grade 0.014*
 II 17(53.1 %) 42(72.4 %)
 III 11(34.3 %) 16(27.6 %)
 IV 4(12.6 %) 0(0 %)
Duration 0.013*
 <6 h 2(6.25 %) 12(20.7 %)
 6-12 h 8(25 %) 13(22.4 %)
 12-24 h 2(6.25 %) 14(24.1 %)
 >24 h 20(62.5 %) 19(32.8 %)

* P < 0.05