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Table 2 Demographics of Patients Undergoing Unilateral Total Knee Arthroplasty after Propensity Matching Analysis

From: Spinal versus general anesthesia for patients undergoing outpatient total knee arthroplasty: a national propensity matched analysis of early postoperative outcomes

 

Spinal Anesthesia

(n = 1,962)

General Anesthesia

(n = 1,962)

Standardized Difference

P Value*

Age, (y), mean ± SD

64.38 ± 8.70

64.62 ± 10.18

-0.02

0.38

Sex, % (n)

   

0.60

 Male

46.53 (913/1962)

45.72 (897/1962)

0.01

 

 Female

53.47 (1049/1962)

54.28 (1065/1962)

-0.01

 

BMI, kg/m2, Mean ± SD

32.31 ± 6.15

32.43 ± 6.23

-0.01

 

Functional status before surgery, % (n)

   

0.83

 Independent

99.49 (1952/1962)

99.44 (1951/1962)

0.007

 

 Partially dependent

0.51 (10/1962)

0.56 (11/1962)

-0.007

 

 Totally dependent

0.00 (0/1962)

0.00 (0/1962)

  

ASA PS, % (n)

    

 ASA PS 1 or 2

59.07 (1159/1962)

57.65 (1131/1962)

0.02

0.36

 ASA PS 3 or 4

40.93 (803/1962)

42.35 (831/1962)

-0.02

 

Smoker, % (n)

    

 No

91.13 (1788/1962)

91.74 (1800/1962)

-0.02

0.47

 Yes

8.87 (174/1962)

8.26 (162/1962)

0.02

 

Pre-op Hematocrit, Mean ± SD

41.76 ± 3.68

41.60 ± 4

0.04

0.17

Surgical Duration, min, Mean ± SD

85.50 ± 26.64

86.28 ± 30.96

-0.02

0.24

Hypertension, % (n)

58.92 (1156/1962)

59.53 (1168/1962)

-0.01

0.69

Diabetes, % (n)

15.80 (310/1962)

15.75 (309/1962)

0.001

0.96

Congestive Heart Failure, % (n)

0.05 (1/1962)

0.05 (1/1962)

0.00

1.00

Bleeding disorder, % (n)

1.53 (30/1962)

1.63 (32/1962)

-0.008

0.79

COPD, % (n)

2.34 (46/1962)

2.60 (51/1962)

-0.01

0.61

  1. *McNemar's test was used for binary variables, Bowker’s symmetry test for categorical variables, Paired t-test was used for continuous variables. ASA PS = American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system, BMI = body mass index, COPD chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, SD = standard deviation