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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and surgery related factors of the patients

From: Risk factors for predicting increased surgical drain output in patients after anterior cervical corpectomy and fusion

Characteristics

Patients with increased surgical drain output

P

Yes (n = 36)

No (n = 181)

Age (years)

60.67 ± 8.18

54.41 ± 10.05

0.001

Sex, n (%)

  

0.484

 Male

20(55.6)

89(49.2)

 

 Female

16(44.4)

92(50.8)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

24.62 ± 4.04

25.44 ± 3.05

0.165

Preoperative systolic pressure

132.92 ± 15.14

130.99 ± 14.64

0.474

Preoperative diastolic pressure

78.25 ± 11.79

78.64 ± 11.33

0.850

OPLL in the surgical level, n (%)

18(50.0)

33(18.2)

0.000

Diabetes mellitus, n (%)

9(25.0)

18(9.9)

0.012

History of taking aspirin, n (%)

6(16.7)

15(8.3)

0.120

History of smoking, n (%)

15(41.7)

44(24.3)

0.033

ASA classification, n (%)

  

0.791

 I–II

32(88.9)

158(87.3)

 

 III–IV

2(11.1)

23(12.7)

 

Number of discs involved

2.42 ± 0.50

2.02 ± 0.65

0.001

  1. BMI body mass index