Table 1 Demographic and clinical data

N

173

201

165

Age (mean, SD)

65.8 (12.9)

59.0 (16.1)

62.4 (12.2)

<.001

 Age range

18.0–85.7

18.4–86.9

18.7–82.1

Female (N, %)

102 (59.0)

103 (51.2)

41 (24.8)

<.001

Without partnership (N, %)

68 (39.3)

57 (28.4)

34 (20.6)

Educational level

.002

 Low (%)

67.1

48.9

47.8

 Medium (%)

22.0

30.0

22.6

 High (%)

11.0

21.1

29.6

BMI (mean, SD)

30.4 (6.5)

28.0 (4.9)

27.1 (4.6)

<.001

ASA

.001

 ASA 1 (%)

1.7

6.5

3.0

 ASA 2 (%)

45.1

50.7

65.2

 ASA 3 (%)

51.4

41.3

30.5

 ASA 4 (%)

1.7

1.5

1.2

Type of Anaesthesia

<.001

 General anaesthesia (%)

48.0

100

38.8

 Regional anaesthesia (%)

39.9

-

-

 Combined general + regional anaesthesia (%)

12.1

-

61.2

Duration of surgery [Min.] (mean, SD)

123 (53)

152 (85)

273 (145)

<.001

Range

41–438

26–480

59–652