Table 3.

Descriptive features of the study and control groups and their comparisons (n=123)

Descriptive Features	Study Group (n=63) n	%	Control Group (n=60) n	%	p
Age groups
59 and below	48	76.20	44	73.30	0.718*
60 and above	15	23.80	16	26.70
Gender
Female	26	41.26	23	38.33	0.739*
Male	37	58.74	37	61.67
Education Level
Elementary	14	22.22	17	28.33	0.672*
High school	24	38.09	23	38.34
University and higher	25	36.96	20	33.33
BMI
Normal	33	52.38	28	46.67	0.520*
Overweight	22	34.93	24	40.00
Obese	8	12.69	8	13.33
Previous operations
Present	25	39.68	8	13.33	0.001*
Absent	38	60.32	52	86.67
Diagnosis
Cancer	39	61.91	38	63.34	0.870*
Other	24	38.09	22	36.66
Clinical Name
General surgery	37	58.73	36	60.00	0.868*
Thoracic surgery	20	32.75	16	26.66
Gynaecology	1	1.58	1	1.67
Urology	5	7.94	7	11.67
ASA
I	45	71.43	48	80.00	0.185*
II	15	23.80	12	20.00
III	3	4.76	0	0
Chronic disease
Present	16	25.39	7	11.70	0.051*
Absent	47	74.61	53	88.30
Number of chronic disease*****
1	11	68.75	5	71.44	0.963*
2	3	18.75	1	14.28
3	2	12.50	1	14.28
Continuous drug use
Present	15	23.81	6	10.00	0.079*
Absent	48	76.19	54	90.00
Total	63	100	60	100
Age	45,23±18,59****		46,93±16,14****		0.574**
	Min–Max:20–84		Min–Max:19–77
BMI***	25,21±4,12**** Min–Max: 16,54–34,89		25,68±3,82**** Min–Max: 20,28–42,06		0,560**

^*Chi-square- test,

^**Independent samples t test

^***Body Mass Index (BMI)

^****Mean, standard deviation

^*****The percentage was calculated on the basis of the number of patients with chronic disease