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. 2017 Nov 8;153(4):313–321. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2017.4502

Table 1. Demographic and Summary Data for All Patients and by Study Group.

Variable No. (%) P Value
Overall Nonoverlapping Surgery Overlapping Surgery
Unweighted (n = 2275) Weighted (n = 2607) Unweighted (n = 972) Weighted (n = 1306) Unweighted (n = 1303) Unweighted Weighted
Type of overlap
No overlap 972 (42.7) 1307 (50.1) 972 (100) 1306 (100) 0 NA NA
In-room overlap 231 (10.2) 231 (8.9) 0 0 231 (17.7) NA NA
Skin-to-skin overlap 1072 (47.1) 1072 (41.1) 0 0 1072 (82.3) NA NA
Patient characteristics
Sex .005 .76
Female 1259 (55.3) 1518 (57.9) 505 (52.0) 764 (58.5) 754 (57.9)
Male 1016 (4.7) 1092 (41.9) 467 (48.0) 543 (41.6) 549 (42.1)
Age, mean (SD), y 52.1 (16.4) 52 (17.5) 51.9 (16.6) 51.9 (19.0) 52.2 (52.2) .69 .66
ASA score .07 .51
1-2 685 (30.1) 841 (32.3) 273 (28.1) 429 (32.9) 412 (31.6)
≥3 1590 (70.0) 1769 (67.9) 699 (71.9) 878 (67.2) 891 (68.4)
mRS score at baseline <.001 .95
0-2 1768 (77.7) 2115 (81.1) 713 (73.4) 1060 (81.2) 1055 (81.0)
3-5 506 (22.2) 496 (19.0) 258 (26.5) 248 (19.0) 248 (19.0)
Surgery characteristics
Surgical staff
Cosurgeon present 451 (19.8) 627 (24.1) 148 (15.2) 324 (24.8) 303 (23.3) <.001 .38
Fellow present 439 (19.3) 473 (18.1) 225 (23.1) 258 (19.8) 214 (16.4) <.001 .03
Resident present 2080 (91.4) 2372 (91.0) 896 (92.2) 1188 (91.0) 1184 (91.0) .27 .96
Urgency <.001 .97
Elective 2054 (90.3) 2427 (93.1) 842 (86.6) 1215 (93.0) 1212 (93.0)
Emergent/urgent 221 (9.7) 182 (7.0) 130 (13.4) 91 (7.0) 91 (7.0)
Admission status .07 .91
Day surgery 350 (15.4) 435 (16.7) 134 (13.8) 219 (16.8) 216 (16.6)
Admitted 1925 (84.6) 2175 (83.4) 838 (86.2) 1088 (83.3) 1087 (83.4)
Surgery category <.001 .98
CSF diversion 188 (8.3) 156 (6.0) 109 (11.2) 77 (6.0) 79 (6.1)
Functional 527 (23.2) 601 (22.9) 222 (22.8) 296 (22.7) 305 (23.4)
Other 151 (6.6) 144 (5.6) 81 (8.3) 73 (5.7) 70 (5.4)
Peripheral nerve 233 (10.2) 293 (11.2) 87 (9.0) 147 (11.1) 146 (11.2)
Spine 71 (3.1) 87 (3.3) 27 (2.8) 43 (3.3) 44 (3.4)
Tumor 813 (35.7) 977 (37.6) 334 (34.4) 498 (38.4) 479 (36.8)
Vascular 292 (12.8) 354 (13.5) 112 (11.5) 174 (13.2) 180 (13.8)

Abbreviations: ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; mRS, modified Rankin Scale; NA, not applicable.