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. 2018 Jun 27;10(6):e2888. doi: 10.7759/cureus.2888

Table 2. ASA scores and comorbidity.

n: number; ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists; DM: diabetes mellitus; HT: hypertension; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CCF: congestive cardiac failure; *: statistically significant.

  <60 year-old ≥60 year-old  
  n (%) n (%) p
ASA Scores      
1 433 (80.5) 30 (23.6) <0.001*
2 100 (18.6) 84 (66.1) <0.001*
3 4 (0.7) 10 (7.9) <0.001*
4 1 (0.2) 3 (2.4)  
Co-morbitity presence 98 (18.2) 98 (77.2) <0.001*
DM 31 (5.8) 30 (23.6) <0.001*
HT 53 (9.9) 57 (44.9) <0.001*
COPD 20 (3.7) 33 (26) <0.001*
CCF 8 (1.5) 19(15) <0.001*
Others 7 (1.4) 7 (5.6)    0.244