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Table 1 Baseline characteristics

From: Goodbye Hartmann trial: a prospective, international, multicenter, observational study on the current use of a surgical procedure developed a century ago

Variable

Total

HP group

RPA group

Ostomy group

P value

Age—mean ± SD

65.8 ± 15.6

68.7 ± 15.0

61.7 ± 14.9

62.5 ± 17.5

< .001

Female sex—N. (%)

557 (45.9%)

331 (47.5%)

168 (43.8%)

58 (43.6%)

0.431

Body Mass Index (BMI)—Mean ± SD

26.5 ± 4.9

26.5 ± 5.2

26.8 ± 4.4

25.7 ± 4.9

0.123

ASA—N. (%)

    

< .001

1

144 (11.9%)

71 (10.2%)

55 (14.3%)

18 (13.6%)

 

2

451 (37.3%)

214 (30.8%)

189 (49.4%)

48 (36.3%)

 

3

451 (37.3%)

274 (39.5%)

128 (33.5%)

49 (37.1%)

 

4

138 (11.4%)

113 (16.3%)

10 (2.6%)

15 (11.3%)

 

5

23 (1.9%)

21 (3.0%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (1.5%)

 

Previous abdominal surgery—N. (%)

373 (30.9%)

220 (31.6%)

118 (30.7%)

35 (26.3%)

0.480

Fever—N. (%)

285 (23.4%)

193 (28.9%)

71 (19.3%)

21 (16.1%)

< .001

qSOFA score ≥ 2—N. (%)

142 (11.6%)

105 (15.0%)

26 (6.7%)

11 (8.2%)

< .001

WBC (10^9/L)—Mean ± SD

12.8 ± 7.8

13.3 ± 9.2

12.0 ± 4.8

12.6 ± 6.6

0.048

HB—mean ± SD

12.3 ± 3.6

12.2 ± 4.2

12.7 ± 2.7

11.7 ± 2.1

0.021

CRP—mean ± SD

85.1 ± 88.9

93.4 ± 93.1

73.6 ± 81.8

70.7 ± 78.0

0.001

  1. HP, Hartmann’s procedure; RPA, primary anastomosis