Table 1.

Demographic data of the patients

		Onlay group	Sublay group	p
Agea		55.9±11.8	55.9±12.1	0.703*
Genderb	Male	22 (44)	14 (28)	0.096**
	Female	28 (56)	36 (72)
BMI (kg/m2) (mean±SD)		25.5±3.5	26.4±3.3	0.170*
ASA score	1	8 (16)	5 (10)	0.643**
	2	22 (44)	25 (50)
	3	20 (40)	20 (40)
Diameter of the hernia defect (cm2) (mean±SD)		61.6±58.3	85.1±72.1	0.077*
Follow-upc (months)		35.9 (26.6–45.7)	37.9 (27.4–46.5)	0.097***

SD: standard deviation; BMI: body mass index; ASA: American Society of Anesthesiologists

^*Student’s t test;

^**Chi-square test;

^***Mann-Whitney U test;

^amean±SD;

^bn (%);

^c[median (min–max)]