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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of study sample by method of sterilization (N = 710)

From: The effect of obesity on intraoperative complication rates with hysteroscopic compared to laparoscopic sterilization: a retrospective cohort study

 

Total (n = 710)

Laparoscopic (n = 433)

Hysteroscopic (n = 277)

P value

Age

 Mean (SD)

33.7 (6.3)

33.6 (6.2)

33.9 (6.5)

0.6

Race/ethnicity

 Hispanic/Latina

201 (30.0)

121 (29.7)

80 (30.4)

0.5

 White

362 (54.0)

224 (54.9)

138 (52.5)

 

 Black

47 (7.0)

23 (5.6)

24 (9.1)

 

 Asian

13 (1.9)

9 (2.2)

4 (1.5)

 

 Other

48 (7.2)

31 (7.6)

17 (6.5)

 

Gravidity

 Median (Range)

3 (0–11)

3 (0–11)

3 (0–11)

0.7

Parity

 Median (Range)

2 (0–8)

2 (0–8)

2 (0–6)

0.2

Insurance

 Medicaid

315 (49.7)

179 (46.3)

136 (55.1)

0.09

 Private

298 (47.0)

195 (50.4)

103 (41.7)

 

 Self-pay

21 (3.3)

13 (3.4)

8 (3.2)

 

BMI

 Mean (SD)

28.5 (6.8)

27.9 (6.1)

29.6 (7.6)

0.002

BMI class

 <25

247 (35.5)

160 (37.5)

87 (32.3)

0.04

 25–29.9

215 (30.9)

133 (31.2)

82 (30.5)

 

 30–34.9

124 (17.8)

79 (18.5)

45 (16.7)

 

 35–39.9

68 (9.8)

38 (8.9)

30 (11.2)

 

 ≥40

42 (6.0)

17 (4.0)

25 (9.3)

 

Any comorbidities

 Yes

326 (45.9)

193 (44.6)

133 (48.0)

0.4

 No

384 (54.1)

240 (55.4)

144 (52.0)

 

Any abdominal surgery

 Yes

288 (40.6)

179 (41.3)

109 (39.4)

0.6

 No

422 (59.4)

254 (58.7)

168 (60.7)

 

Abdominal surgeries

 Cesarean section

206 (29.0)

127 (29.3)

79 (28.5)

0.9

 Appendectomy

43 (6.1)

24 (5.5)

19 (6.9)

0.5

 Cholecystectomy

66 (9.3)

40 (9.2)

26 (9.4)

1.0

 Umbilical hernia repair

12 (1.7)

4 (0.9)

8 (2.9)

0.07

 Gastric bypass

13 (1.8)

6 (1.4)

7 (2.5)

0.4

 Other laparoscopy/laparotomy

59 (8.3)

39 (9.0)

20 (7.2)

0.5

  1. Mean (SD) or number (%). Numbers may not sum to total due to missing data: race/ethnicity (n = 39, 5.5 %), number of cesarean sections (n = 39, 5.5 %), gravidity (n = 18, 2.5 %), parity (n = 10, 1.4 %), insurance (n = 76, 10.7 %), and body mass index -BMI (n = 14, 2.0 %)