Table 2.
Demographic data comparison between incarcerated and non-incarcerated hernias.
| Location | Incarcerated | Total | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Yes | ||||||
| N | % | N | % | N | % | ||
| Left | 47 | 17.70 | 7 | 24.10 | 54 | 18.40 | 0.2398 |
| Right | 74 | 27.90 | 11 | 37.90 | 85 | 28.90 | |
| Bilateral | 144 | 54.30 | 11 | 37.90 | 155 | 52.70 | |
| Sex | |||||||
| Male | 260 | 98.10 | 28 | 96.60 | 288 | 98.00 | 0.4667 |
| Female | 5 | 1.90 | 1 | 3.40 | 6 | 2.00 | |
| ASA | |||||||
| 1 | 114 | 43.00 | 9 | 31.00 | 123 | 41.80 | 0.4018 |
| 2 | 143 | 54.0 | 19 | 65.50 | 162 | 55.10 | |
| 3 | 8 | 3.00 | 1 | 3.40 | 9 | 3.10 | |
| Previous surgeries | |||||||
| No | 191 | 72.10 | 21 | 72.40 | 212 | 72.10 | 0.6461 |
| Yes | 74 | 27.90 | 8 | 27.60 | 82 | 27.90 | |