Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of all patients with breakdown for all patients, elective patients, patients undergoing femoral procedure (including femoral endarterectomy, femoral–femoral crossover and femoral bypass procedures) and emergency patients.
| Surgery type | Characteristic | Early-week group | Late-week group | P-value |
| All patients (n = 652) (%) | Percentage male | 71 (n = 379) | 68 (n = 273) | 0.34 |
| Age (years) | 72 | 73 | 0.22 | |
| Elective and scheduled (n = 402) (%) | Percentage male | 76 (n = 242) | 70 (n = 160) | 0.21 |
| Age (years) | 73 | 74 | 0.18 | |
| Femoral procedures (n = 102) (%) | Percentage male | 69 (n = 52) | 70 (n = 50) | 0.97 |
| Age (years) | 68 | 72 | 0.12 | |
| Smokers | 52% | 61% | 0.32 | |
| Diabetes | 38% | 35% | 0.74 | |
| Coronary artery disease | 38% | 56% | 0.035 | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 25% | 19% | 0.47 | |
| Urgent and emergency (n = 250) (%) | Percentage male | 63 (n = 137) | 65 (n = 113) | 0.77 |
| Age (years) | 71 | 73 | 0.50 |