Table 3.
Result of Associations between SAS and Patient Characteristics.a
| Patient Characteristics | SAS |
P Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1-4 (n = 65) | 5-6 (n = 280) | 7-8 (n = 187) | 9-10 (n = 31) | ||
| Age, mean ± SD, y | 60.3 ± 9.1 | 61.1 ± 11.4 | 60.5 ± 11.8 | 61.8 ± 11.3 | .86 |
| Sex | .43 | ||||
| Male | 49 (80.3) | 202 (75.4) | 130 (70.7) | 24 (77.4) | |
| Female | 12 (19.7) | 66 (24.6) | 54 (29.4) | 7 (22.6) | |
| Race | <.0001b | ||||
| White | 44 (72.1) | 320 (78.7) | 162 (88.0) | 28 (90.3) | |
| African American | 16 (26.2) | 52 (19.5) | 17 (9.2) | 3 (9.7) | |
| Others | 1 (1.6) | 5 (1.9) | 5 (2.7) | 0 (0) | |
| BMI, mean ± SD, kg/m2 | 25.2 ± 5.7 | 25.1 ± 6.2 | 26.2 ± 5.8 | 27.3 ± 4.3 | .15 |
| Smoking (current) | 14 (28.0) | 41 (19.2) | 31 (19.8) | 7 (25.9) | .48 |
| ASA status, mean ± SD | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 2.8 ± 0.5 | 2.6 ± 0.6 | <.0001b |
| Length of stay, mean ± SD, d | 10 ± 7.3 | 7.8 ± 5.5 | 2.9 ± 3.7 | 1.6 ± 1 | <.0001b |
| Operation time, mean ± SD, h | 9.3 ± 2.6 | 7.9 ± 2.7 | 4.3 ± 2.2 | 3 ± 1.1 | <.0001b |
| Primary site | <.0001b | ||||
| Oropharynx | 6 (9.2) | 64 (22.9) | 68 (36.4) | 17 (54.8) | |
| Larynx | 15 (23.1) | 84 (30.0) | 24 (12.8) | 2 (6.5) | |
| Hypopharynx | 2 (3.1) | 13 (4.6) | 4 (2.1) | 0 (0) | |
| Oral cavity | 32 (49.2) | 101 (36.1) | 57 (30.5) | 9 (29.0) | |
| Others | 10 (15.4) | 18 (6.4) | 34 (18.2) | 3 (9.7) | |
| AJCC stage | .04b | ||||
| 1 | 9 (13.9) | 45 (16.1) | 45 (24.1) | 7 (22.6) | |
| 2 | 14 (21.5) | 38 (13.6) | 24 (12.8) | 5 (16.1) | |
| 3 | 11 (16.9) | 55 (19.6) | 30 (16) | 4 (12.9) | |
| 4A | 22 (33.8) | 114 (40.7) | 54 (28.9) | 10 (32.3) | |
| 4B | 7 (10.8) | 14 (5) | 13 (7) | 1 (3.2) | |
| Unknown | 2 (3.1) | 14 (5) | 21 (11.2) | 4 (12.9) | |
Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI, body mass index; SAS, surgical Apgar score.
a
Values are presented as number (%) unless otherwise indicated.
b
Denotes statistical significance at P < .05.