Table 1.

Demographic and Surgical Characteristics by Randomized Group (N=103)

Characteristic	Control	Intervention	P
Demographic
Age (y)	52 [56.0 (52.8–59.2)]	51 [55.4 (52.3–58.5)]	.80*
BMI (kg/m2)	52 [31.3 (29.3–33.3)]	51 [31.0 (28.5–33.4)]	.84*
Smoking status			.96†
Never	33 (63.5)	33 (64.7)
Former	13 (25.0)	13 (25.5)
Current	6 (11.5)	5 (9.8)
Comorbidities
Hypertension	21 (40.4)	19 (37.3)	.74†
Coronary artery disease	2 (3.9)	1 (2.0)	1.00‡
Diabetes	10 (19.2)	3 (5.9)	.07‡
Pulmonary disease	2 (3.9)	6 (11.8)	.16‡
Other malignancy	11 (21.2)	1 (2.0)	.004‡
Surgical characteristics			.15‡
Final pathology
Benign	15 (28.9)	20 (39.2)
Borderline	0 (0.0)	2 (3.9)
Cancer	37 (71.2)	29 (56.9)
EBL (mL) [median (95% CI)]	51 [200 (150–200)]	51 [200 (100–300)]	.81§
Bowel surgery	1 (1.9)	2 (3.9)	.55
Surgery time (min) [median (95% CI)]	52 [186 (163–208)]	50 [171 (147–183)]	.09§

Data are n [mean (95% CI)] or n (%) unless otherwise specified.

^*t test

^†Chi-squared test.

^‡Fisher exact test.

^§Wilcoxon rank-sum test.

CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; EBL, estimated blood loss.