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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Retrospective analyses of trends in pancreatic surgery: indications, operative techniques, and postoperative outcome of 1,120 pancreatic resections

 

1994 to 2001

2001 to 2006

2007 to 2012

P value

Number of resections

363

305

452

 

Gender

Male 245 (67.5%)

Male 158 (51.8%)

Male 248 (54.9%)

<0.001

Female 118 (32.5%)

Female 147 (48.2%)

Female 204 (45.1%)

Age

51 (15 to 77)

64 (9 to 84)

65 (17 to 89)

<0.001

Body mass index

22.8 (14 to 35)

23.6 (15 to 36)

24.4 (15 to 41)

<0.001

Nicotine

Not determined

Yes 56 (31.6%)

Yes 121 (27.5%)

Not significant

No 121 (68.4%)

No 319 (72.5%)

Not determined 128

Not determined 12

ASA physical status

Not determined

I 13 (7.7%)

I 30 (6.9%)

Not significant

II 106 (62.7%)

II 242 (55.8%)

 

III 49 (29.0%)

III 153 (35.3%)

IV 1 (0.6%)

IV 9 (2.1%)

Not determined 136

Not determined 18

Dignity of disease

Benign 226 (62.3%)

Benign 109 (35.7%)

Benign 163 (36.1%)

<0.001

Malignant 137 (37.7%)

Malignant 196 (64.3%)

Malignant 289 (63.9%)

  1. Number (percentage) or median (95% CI). ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists.