Table 1. Description of the study sample.
Variables | More Local Anesthetic (n = 900) | Less Local Anesthetic (n = 389) | ||
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Age in years | ||||
(average ± standard deviation, range) | 45.5 ± 17.34 | (8–85) | 45.3 ± 18.24 | (10–87) |
Sex (n, %) | ||||
Female | 513 | (57%) | 206 | (53%) |
Male | 387 | (43%) | 183 | (47%) |
Self-reported Ethnicity | ||||
White | 695 | (77%) | 297 | (77%) |
Black | 161 | (18%) | 70 | (18%) |
Asian | 27 | (3%) | 19 | (5%) |
Others | 17 | (2%) | 3 | (1%) |