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Table 1 Characteristics of the sample (n = 430 patients)

From: Epidural anesthesia and cancer outcomes in bladder cancer patients: is it the technique or the medication? A matched-cohort analysis from a tertiary referral center

Variable

Level

N = 430

%

Gender

Male

332

77.2

Female

98

22.8

Age (years)

Median

69

–

Std Dev

10.04

–

BMI (kg/m2)

Median

27.85

–

Std Dev

5.27

–

Race

White

404

94.0

Black

14

3.3

Asian

1

0.2

Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

1

0.2

American Indian/Alaskan

1

0.2

Unknown/Other

9

2.1

ASA score

1

3

0.7

2

194

45.1

3

224

52.1

4

9

2.1

Anesthesia groups

General only

215

50.0

General + Epidural

215

50.0

Neoadjuvant chemotherapy

No

305

71.4

Yes

122

28.6

Unknown

3

–

Diversion Type

Ileal conduit

280

65.1

Continent catherizable pouch

15

3.5

Neobladder

67

15.6

Cutaneous ureterostomy

63

14.6

pT stage

T0

59

13.7

T1

44

10.2

T2

82

19.1

T3

125

29.1

T4

62

14.4

Ta/Tis

58

13.5

pN stage

Nx

19

4.4

N1

35

8.1

N2

60

14.0

N3

17

4.0

N0

299

69.5

Radial margin

Negative

377

87.7

Positive

53

12.3

Ureteral or urethral margin

Negative

402

93.5

Positive

28

6.5

Grade

High

350

96.7

Low

5

1.4

Mixed

2

0.6

Missing

73

–

Adjuvant chemotherapy

No

340

79.8

Yes

86

20.2

Missing

4

–

Location of Recurrence

Pelvic

22

16.5

Upper tract

11

8.3

Distant

97

72.9

Other

3

2.3

None

297

–