Table 1.
Patient characteristics in for the cohort and for patients mobilized within (POD 0-1) or after (POD > 1) 24 h.
| Characteristic | Cohort n (%) n = 445 |
POD 0–1 n (%) n = 196 |
POD >1 n (%) n = 249 |
p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 303 (68) | 132 (67) | 171 (69) | 0.838 |
| Female | 142 (32) | 64 (33) | 78 (31) | |
| Age (years) | ||||
| Mean ± SD | 61.2 ± 12.2 | 61.4 ± 12.7 | 61.0 ± 12.2 | 0.371 * |
| Range | 21.2–89.0 | |||
| Alcohol status | 0.810 | |||
| Never | 90 (20) | 36 (21) | 60 (23) | |
| Light/Moderate | 162 (36) | 75 (43) | 102 (38) | |
| Heavy | 93 (21) | 41 (24) | 73 (27) | |
| Former | 48 (11) | 22 (13) | 32 (12) | |
| Not reported | 52 (12) | |||
| Smoking status | 0.664 | |||
| Never smoked | 117 (26) | 52 (29) | 65 (28) | |
| Former smoker | 151 (34) | 62 (35) | 89 (39) | |
| Current smoker | 136 (31) | 63 (36) | 73 (32) | |
| Not reported | 41 (9) | |||
| Comorbidities | 0.660 | |||
| None | 142 (32) | 64 (33) | 78 (31) | |
| One | 136 (31) | 63 (32) | 73 (29) | |
| Two or more | 167 (37) | 69 (35) | 98 (39) | |
| Specific Comorbidity | ||||
| Diabetes | 54 (12) | 25 (13) | 29 (12) | 0.771 |
| COPD | 50 (11) | 22 (11) | 28 (11) | 1.000 |
| Hypertension | 181 (41) | 70 (36) | 111 (45) | 0.065 |
| Heart disease | 59 (13) | 22 (11) | 37 (15) | 0.324 |
| Primary site | 0.011 | |||
| Oral cavity | 303 (68) | 121 (62) | 182 (73) | |
| Pharynx & Larynx | 42 (8) | 18 (9) | 24 (10) | |
| Skin | 39 (9) | 27 (14) | 12 (5) | |
| Paranasal/Nasal | 27 (6) | 14 (7) | 13 (5) | |
| Other | 34 (8) | 16 (8) | 18 (7) | |
| Histology | 0.098 | |||
| Squamous cell | 356 (80) | 150 (77) | 206 (84) | |
| Other cancer | 83 (18) | 38 (20) | 38 (16) | |
| Benign | 6 (1) | 5 (3) | 1 (0) | |
| Not reported | 7 (2) | |||
| Clinical stage | 0.140 | |||
| 0 | 8 (2) | 1 (1) | 7 (3) | |
| I | 44 (10) | 21 (12) | 23 (10) | |
| II | 70 (16) | 38 (21) | 32 (14) | |
| III | 66 (15) | 29 (16) | 37 (16) | |
| IV | 223 (50) | 88 (50) | 135 (57) | |
| Not reported | 34 (8) | |||
| Number of free flaps | 0.828 | |||
| One | 423 (95) | 187 (95) | 236 (95) | |
| Two | 22 (5) | 9 (5) | 13 (5) | |
| Flap type | 0.359 | |||
| Radial forearm | 235 (53) | 101 (52) | 134 (54) | |
| Fibula | 95 (21) | 37 (19) | 58 (23) | |
| Anterolateral thigh | 57 (13) | 30 (15) | 27 (11) | |
| Other | 58 (13) | 28 (14) | 30 (12) | |
| Resection Extent | 0.267 | |||
| Soft tissue | 329 (74) | 152 (78) | 177 (71) | |
| Bone | 97 (22) | 38 (19) | 59 (24) | |
| Soft tissue & bone | 19 (4) | 6 (3) | 13 (5) |
Fisher’s exact tests were used for p-values, except for age (* independent t-test).