Table 2 Comparison between readmitted and nonreadmitted patients in gender, age, ethnicity, marital status, tobacco use, ASA score, and CIRS score, history of intubation, ICU admission, chemotherapy, radiotherapy, preoperative TSH, serum albumin, white blood cells, neutrophils, lymphocytes, and hemoglobin
From: Total laryngectomy and readmission: causes, rates and predictors
Variable | Readmitted | Nonreadmitted | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Gender (n, %) | |||
Male | 9 (75) | 52 (73.20) | 0.351 |
Female | 3 (25) | 19 (26.80) | |
Age | |||
Mean (SD) | 50.9 (18.55) | 51.5 (6.74) | 0.913 |
Ethnicity (n, %) | |||
Arab | 1 (8.30) | 25 (35.20) | 0.017 |
Asian | 3 (25) | 29 (40.80) | |
African | 8 (66.70) | 17 (23.90) | |
Marital status (n, %) | |||
Married | 2 (16.70) | 69 (97.20) | < 0.001 |
Unmarried (single, divorced, separated) | 10 (83.30) | 2 (2.80) | |
ASA | |||
Mean (SD) | 3.75 (2.30) | 2.3 (0.92) | < 0.001 |
CIRS | |||
Mean (SD) | 9 (5.61) | 5.58 (4.80) | 0.028 |
Chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy (n, %) | |||
Chemotherapy | 1 (8.33) | 8 (11.30) | 0.516 |
Radiotherapy | 1 (8.33) | 8 (11.30) | |
Chemoradiotherapy | 6 (50) | 20 (28.20) | |
Neither | 4 (33.33) | 35 (49.30) | |
Tobacco use | |||
Yes | 12 (100) | 39 (54.90) | 0.008 |
No | 0 (0) | 32 (45.10) | |
ICU admission (n, %) | |||
Yes | 9 (75) | 52 (73.20) | 0.351 |
No | 3 (25) | 19 (26.80) | |
Intubation (n, %) | |||
Yes | 8 (66.67) | 52 (73.20) | 0.351 |
No | 4 (33.33) | 19 (26.80) | |
Preoperative TSH (mIU/L) | |||
Mean (SD) | 13.03 (9.22) | 2.16 (0.82) | 0.031 |
Preoperative albumin (g/L) | |||
Mean (SD) | 10.5 (7.88) | 23.92 (9.15) | < 0.001 |
Preoperative white blood cell count (K/µL) | |||
Mean (SD) | 9.19 (3.46) | 7.6 (2.65) | 0.068 |
Preoperative neutrophil count (K/µL) | |||
Mean (SD) | 5.87 (4.03) | 4.01 (2.52) | 0.035 |
Preoperative platelet count (K/µL) | |||
Mean (SD) | 351.833 (138.49) | 295.92 (100.07) | 0.095 |
Preoperative lymphocyte count (K/µL) | |||
Mean (SD) | 1.84 (1.07) | 2.05 (1.33) | 0.612 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | |||
Mean (SD) | 12.83 (1.49) | 12.42 (1.83) | 0.612 |