Table 3.

Distribution of patient characteristics amongst waiting time groups

Characteristics	Waiting time to surgery: data available for 305 patients				p value
	≤ 90 days n = 118 (%)	91–180 days n = 134 (%)	181–270 days n = 30 (%)	≥ 271 days n = 23 [n (%)]
Sex: male	59.3	56.0	53.3	78.3	0.221
Age: > 15 years	77.1	75.4	80.0	87.0	0.653
Side of surgery: right	47.5	45.5	56.7	34.8	0.457
Cholesteatoma: acquired	97.5	97.8	96.7	100	0.869
Original surgery: primary	83.1	79.1	90.0	87.0	0.468