TABLE 1.
Demographics of each group
| Control | Incisional | Inguinal | P | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Mean ± s.s. | 49.0 ± 14.2 | 53.2 ± 10.4 | 55.4 ± 8.1 | .086 | ||||||
| Med(Min‐Mak) | 49 | 21.0‐74.0 | 52 | 37.0‐73.0 | 33.0‐71.0 | ||||||
| Sex | Female | n (%) | 7 | 23.3% | 7 | 23.3% | 8 | 26.7% | .942 | ||
| Male | n (%) | 23 | 76.7% | 23 | 76.7% | 22 | 73.3% | ||||
| BMI | Mean ± s.s. | 27.1 ± 3.5 | 28.5 ± 2.4 | 28.1 ± 3.7 | .230 | ||||||
| Med(Min‐Mak) | 28 | 21.0‐33.9 | 29 | 23.3‐33.4 | 21.0‐37.9 | ||||||
| Smoking | − | n (%) | 14 | 46.7% | 10 | 33.3% | 12 | 40.0% | .574 | ||
| + | n (%) | 16 | 53.3% | 20 | 66.7% | 18 | 60.0% | ||||
| Family | − | n (%) | 26 | 86.7% | 27 | 90.0% | 27 | 90.0% | .894 | ||
| + | n (%) | 4 | 13.3% | 3 | 10.0% | 3 | 10.0% | ||||
Note: ANOVA/Chi‐square test.
Abbreviations: ANOVA, analysis of variance; TIMP, tissue inhibitor metalloproteinases.