Table 2.
Patient Characteristics by Procedure Type
| Characteristic | Laparoscopic (n=1,280) |
Open (n=2,113) |
Total (n=3,393) |
p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Age, y | 0.2756 | |||
| Mean (SD) | 57.3 (10.9) | 57.8 (11.2) | 57.6 (11.1) | |
| Median | 58.0 | 58.0 | 58.0 | |
| Range | 19.0 – 86.0 | 19.0 – 85.0 | 19.0 – 86 | |
|
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| Sex, male, n (%) | 655 (51.2) | 1127 (53.3) | 1782 (52.5) | 0.2210 |
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| Race, n (%) | 0.2959 | |||
| White | 1082 (84.5) | 1832 (86.7) | 2914 (85.9) | |
| Black or African American | 97 (7.6) | 143 (6.8) | 240 (7.1) | |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 (0.3) | 12 (0.6) | 16 (0.5) | |
| Asian | 66 (5.2) | 83 (3.9) | 149 (4.4) | |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 7 (0.5) | 9 (0.4) | 16 (0.5) | |
| Not reported: patient refused or not available | 18 (1.4) | 20 (0.9) | 38 (1.1) | |
| Unknown: patient unsure | 6 (0.5) | 14 (0.7) | 20 (0.6) | |
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| Body Mass Index, kg/m2 | 0.8541 | |||
| Missing, n | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| BMI<20, underweight, n (%) | 49 (3.8) | 91 (4.3) | 140 (4.1) | |
| 20<=BMI<25, normal, n (%) | 322 (25.3) | 547 (26.0) | 869 (25.7) | |
| 25<=BMI<30, overweight, n (%) | 470 (36.9) | 740 (35.1) | 1210 (35.8) | |
| 30<=BMI<35, obese, n (%) | 254 (19.9) | 427 (20.3) | 681 (20.1) | |
| 35<=BMI, obese, n (%) | 179 (14.1) | 301 (14.3) | 480 (14.2) | |
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| Health insurance | 0.0015 | |||
| Missing, n | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Private or Medicare/private, n (%) | 957 (74.8) | 1446 (68.5) | 2403 (70.9) | |
| Medicaid or Medicare/Medicaid, n (%) | 44 (3.4) | 79 (3.7) | 123 (3.6) | |
| Medicare, n (%) | 98 (7.7) | 184 (8.7) | 282 (8.3) | |
| No means or self pay (no insurance), n (%) | 43 (3.4) | 101 (4.8) | 144 (4.2) | |
| Military/veteran/other, n (%) | 137 (10.7) | 302 (14.3) | 439 (12.9) | |