Table 1.
Variable | Opioid period (n = 858) | NSAID period (n = 1866) | P |
---|---|---|---|
Age at surgery, yr | 59 (50–67) | 59 (51–67) | 0.9 |
BMI, kg/m2 | 27.1 (23.4–31.9) | 27.3 (23.8–32.1) | 0.2 |
Race/ethnicity | 0.03 | ||
White | 616 (72) | 1182 (63) | |
Black/African American | 59 (6.9) | 168 (9.0) | |
Hispanic/Latino | 64 (7.5) | 142 (7.6) | |
Asian/Pacific Islander | 73 (8.5) | 180 (9.6) | |
Unknown | 46 | 194 | |
ASA class | 0.4 | ||
1 | 10 (1.2) | 26 (1.4) | |
2 | 558 (65) | 1148 (62) | |
3 | 289 (34) | 690 (37) | |
4 | 1 (0.1) | 2 (0.1) | |
Home medications | |||
Aspirin | 108 (13) | 206 (11) | 0.2 |
Anticoagulant or other antiplatelet | 22 (2.6) | 56 (3.0) | 0.6 |
Intraoperative ketorolac | 549 (64) | 1463 (78) | < 0.001 |
Intraoperative acetaminophen | 830 (97) | 1823 (98) | 0.2 |
Intraoperative opioids, MME | 20 (10–20) | 20 (10–20) | 0.7 |
Data are expressed as medians with interquartile range in parentheses or numbers with percentages in parentheses unless otherwise indicated
ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists; BMI body mass index; MME morphine milligram equivalent; NSAID nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug