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Preoperative baseline data presented as numbers with percentages unless otherwise specified
| Osteotomy (n = 115) |
Cheilectomy (n = 181) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean age (SD) | 55 (10) | 58 (11) | |
| median (range) | 60 (21–78) | 55 (29–82) | 0.04 |
| Female sex | 85 (74) | 112 (62) | 0.03 |
| Mean BMI (SD) | 26 (4) | 27 (4) | 0.2 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 5 (4) | 8 (4) | 1.0 |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | 5 (4) | 6 (3) | 0.3 |
| Smoker | 4 (4) | 2 (1) | 0.2 |
| Quit smoking before surgery | 7 (6) | 12 (7) | |
| HR grade | 0.7 | ||
| 2 | 47 (41) | 70 (39) | |
| 3 | 68 (59) | 111 (61) |
