Table 2.

Comparison of perioperative variables stratified by steroid use.

Operative Variables	Control (n = 5179)	PM Control Cohort (n = 990)*	Steroid Use (n = 198)	P Value	PM P Value*
Days to operation from admission†	0.04 ± 0.552	0.05 ± 0.738	0.44 ± 4.399	<.001	.009
Total operating time (minutes)†	132.99 ± 70.918	131.67 ± 67.632	134.03 ± 68.506	.839	.654
Total hospital stay length (days)†	1.66 ± 2.392	1.61 ± 1.825	2.16 ± 5.006	.006	.007
Care type, n (%)				.702	.871
Inpatient	4074 (78.66)	795 (80.30)	158 (79.80)
Outpatient	1105 (21.34)	195 (19.70)	40 (20.20)
Anesthesia administered				.750	.655
General	5164 (99.71)	989 (99.90)	198 (100.00)
Spinal	7 (0.14)	0 (0.00)	0 (0.00)
Other	8 (0.15)	1 (0.10)	0 (0.00)
ASA classification				<.001	<.001
1–No disturb	144 (2.78)	24 (2.42)	0 (0.00)
2–Mild disturb	2781 (53.70)	471 (47.58)	76 (38.38)
3–Severe disturb	2177 (42.04)	481 (48.59)	110 (55.56)
4–Life threat	73 (1.41)	13 (1.31)	12 (6.06)
5–Moribund	4 (0.08)	1 (0.10)	0 (0.00)

Abbreviation: ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; PM, propensity-matched.

^*PM control cohort was generated by controlling for age, sex, smoking, COPD, dyspnea, hypertension, acute renal failure, disseminated cancer, wound infections, dialysis, ASA.

^†Values expressed as mean ± standard deviation; all other values expressed as n (%).

Bold values indicate statistical significance at p <0.05.