Table 1.

Comparison between incarcerated and non-incarcerated inguinal hernias on duration, BMI and age.

		Incarcerated (29)	Non-incarcerated (265)	p-value
Inguinal hernia (TOTAL)	Age (years)	55.55 (16.51)	51.55 (14.31)	0.218
	BMI	26.96 (3.57)	26.03 (3.38)	0.189
	Surgery duration	52.20 (23.10)	46.08 (19.77)	0.179
Unilateral Inguinal hernia		Incarcerated (18)	Non-incarcerated (121)
	Age (years)	56.00 (19.23)	51.01 (15.07)	0.305
	BMI	26.88 (3.80)	25.78 (3.42)	0.257
	Surgery duration	50.44 (25.65)	34.06 (14.12)	0.016*
Bilateral Inguinal hernia		Incarcerated (11)	Non-incarcerated (144)
	Age (years)	54.81 (11.54)	56.18 (18.15)	0.456
	BMI	27.09 (3.33)	52.00 (13.68)	0.432
	Surgery duration	55.09 (18.98)	56.18 (18.15)	0.856

Data is presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables.