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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am Surg. 2022 May 16;88(11):2619–2625. doi: 10.1177/00031348221087905

Table 1.

Demographics in Females Versus Males.

Variable Female N = 21 Male N = 9 Difference of Means/Proportions (99% CI)
Age (years), mean (min, max) 40 (23, 60) 28.25 (22, 42) 11.75 (1.99, 19.57)
Race (% AA) 11 (52) 3 (33) 19% (−27, 5%)
Body mass index (kg/m2), mean (min, max) 29.75 (19.57, 50.02) 27.34 (24.37, 34.43) 2.41 (−2.14, 7.16)
Current NSAID use, N (%) 8 (38) 4 (44) 6% (−34, 47)
Current SSRI use, N (%) 3 (14) 2 (22) 8% (−25%, 51)
Current fish oil use, N (%) 0 (0) 1 (11) 11% (−15%, 54)
Current tobacco use, N (%) 0 (0) 1 (11) 11% (−15%, 54)

Abbreviations: AA, African American; CI, confidence interval; kg, kilogram; m, meter; max, maximum; min, minimum; N, number; NSAID, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory; SSRI, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor.

Biased corrected confidence intervals for sex differences in means for continuous variables were calculated from 50 000 bootstrap samples. Confidence intervals for sex differences in proportions were calculated according to Newcombe’s method.