Table 3.
Association between patient factors and venous thromboembolism
| Characteristics | No VTE (n=9821) |
VTE (n=127) |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age (years) | 62.9 (±11.2) | 65.6 (±10.6) | 0.0071 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 34.5 (±9.9) | 35.7 (±9.9) | 0.171 |
| Race | 0.022 | ||
| White | 7700 (78.4) | 97 (76.4) | |
| Black | 772 (7.9) | 17 (13.4) | |
| Asian | 351 (3.6) | 2 (1.6) | |
| Other | 77 (0.8) | 3 (2.4) | |
| Unknown | 921 (9.4) | 8 (6.3) | |
| Smoking | 898 (9.1) | 9 (7.1) | 0.422 |
| Diabetes | 2096 (21.3) | 28 (22.0) | 0.852 |
| Hypertension | 5579 (56.8) | 75 (59.1) | 0.612 |
| Charlson comorbidity index |
<0.0012 | ||
| 0 | 7161 (72.9) | 85 (66.9) | |
| 1 | 2119 (21.6) | 24 (18.9) | |
| 2 | 359 (3.7) | 8 (6.3) | |
| 3+ | 182 (1.9) | 10 (7.9) | |
| Lymphadenectomy | 5536 (56.4) | 84 (66.1) | 0.032 |
| Length of stay (days) | 2 (1–3) | 5 (3–9) | <0.0013 |
| Operating time (min) | 157 (116–210) | 186 (121–265) | <0.0013 |
| Surgical complexity (wRVU) |
30.9 (17.7–34.6) | 31.0 (23.1–42.8) | 0.023 |
1
T-test,
2
Chi-square test,
3
Mann Whitney U test.
Data is presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables that are normally distributed and median (interquartile range) for continuous variables that are non-normally distributed.
Data is presented as n(%) for categorical variables.
VTE – venous thromboembolism