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. 2020 Aug 19;3(8):e209265. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.9265

Table 1. Demographic and Perioperative Characteristics of 1892 Patients .

Characteristic No. (%) P value
Surgical service management (n = 872) Geriatric comanagement (n = 1020)
Age, mean (SD) y 80 (4) 81 (4) <.001
Men 450 (51.6) 488 (47.8) .11
Length of stay, median (IQR), d 4 (2-7) 5 (3-8) <.001
Operative time, mean (SD), min 138 (112) 203 (146) <.001
ASA score >3a 818 (93.8) 963 (94.4) .62b
Preoperative albumin level, mean (SD) g/dLa 3.9 (0.5) 4.0 (0.4) <.001b
Estimated blood loss, mean (SD), mL a 138 (309) 200 (298) <.001b
MSK-FI scorea
0 104 (11.9) 111 (10.9) .32b
1 227 (26.0) 294 (28.8)
2 213 (24.4) 278 (27.3)
3 156 (17.9) 168 (16.5)
4 98 (11.2) 95 (9.3)
≥5 74 (8.5) 74 (7.3)
Procedure typec
Colorectal 137 (15.7) 448 (43.9) <.001
Gastric and mixed tumor 92 (10.6) 82 (8.0) .07
Gynecology 45 (5.2) 264 (25.9) <.001
Head and neck 147 (16.9) 314 (30.8) <.001
Urology 78 (8.9) 180 (17.6) <.001
Plastic 47 (5.4) 118 (11.6) <.001
Hepatobiliary-pancreatic 55 (6.3) 183 (17.9) <.001
Thoracic 309 (35.4) 150 (14.7) <.001
Other procedures 109 (12.5) 159 (15.6) .06

Abbreviations: ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; IQR, interquartile range; MSK-FI, Memorial Sloan Kettering Frailty Index.

SI conversion factor: To convert albumin to grams per liter, multiply by 10.

a

Data for characteristics with incomplete data are shown combined across 20 imputations using Rubin’s method.

b

P values assessing the association between geriatric comanagement and characteristics with incomplete data were assessed using univariable logistic regression and combined across 20 imputations using Rubin method.

c

Percentages do not sum up to 100, as patients underwent multiple procedures under different types.