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Table 1 Patient’s baseline clinical characteristics and subgroup analysis of clinical characteristics among patients with and without smoking before propensity score analysis

From: Smoking is a significant contributor to intraoperative blood loss in metastatic spinal tumor surgery: a propensity score analysis

Characteristics

Overall

Smoking

P value

SMD

No

Yes

n

252

164

88

  

Primary tumor type (%)

   

0.005

0.448

 Slow

69 (27.4)

55 (33.5)

14 (15.9)

  

 Moderate

89 (35.3)

49 (29.9)

40 (45.5)

  

 Rapid

94 (37.3)

60 (36.6)

34 (38.6)

  

Age (years, median [IQR])

60.00 [53.00, 67.00]

61.00 [53.00, 70.00]

58.00 [52.75, 61.00]

0.010

0.395

Gender (male/female, %)

165/87 (65.5/34.5)

81/83 (49.4/50.6)

84/4 (95.5/4.5)

< 0.001

1.203

BMI (kg/m2, years, median [IQR])

24.14 [21.25, 26.44]

24.01 [22.06, 25.99]

24.37 [20.68, 27.02]

0.627

0.196

Diabetes (no/yes, %)

214/38 (84.9/15.1)

140/24 (85.4/14.6)

74/14 (84.1/15.9)

0.932

0.035

Hypertension (no/yes, %)

167/85 (66.3/33.7)

117/47 (71.3/28.7)

50/38 (56.8/43.2)

0.029

0.306

Preoperative chemotherapy (no/yes, %)

206/46 (81.7/18.3)

136/28 (82.9/17.1)

70/18 (79.5/20.5)

0.623

0.087

Extra-vertebral bone metastasis (no/yes, %)

134/118 (53.2/46.8)

92/72 (56.1/43.9)

42/46 (47.7/52.3)

0.256

0.168

Visceral metastases (no/yes, %)

191/61 (75.8/24.2)

125/39 (76.2/23.8)

66/22 (75.0/25.0)

0.951

0.028

KPS (> 50/≤50, %)

123/129 (48.8/51.2)

77/87 (47.0/53.0)

46/42 (52.3/47.7)

0.501

0.107

Preoperative embolization (no/yes, %)

233/19 (92.5/7.5)

153/11 (93.3/6.7)

80/8 (90.9/9.1)

0.665

0.088

Surgical process (%)

   

0.342

0.185

 Palliative decompression

227 (90.1)

149 (90.9)

78 (88.6)

  

 Partial resection of vertebrae

14 (5.6)

10 (6.1)

4 (4.5)

  

 En bloc resection of vertebrae

11 (4.4)

5 (3.0)

6 (6.8)

  

Surgical site (%)

   

0.603

0.130

 Cervical and cervical thoracic

13 (5.2)

7 (4.3)

6 (6.8)

  

 Thoracic and thoracolumbar

170 (67.5)

110 (67.1)

60 (68.2)

  

 Lumbar and lumbosacral

69 (27.4)

47 (28.7)

22 (25.0)

  

Number of surgical segments (1/≧2, %)

111/141 (44.0/56.0)

75/89 (45.7/54.3)

36/52 (40.9/59.1)

0.547

0.097

Hypoalbuminemia (no/yes, %)

219/33 (86.9/13.1)

145/19 (88.4/11.6)

74/14 (84.1/15.9)

0.439

0.126

Thrombocytopenia (no/yes, %)

245/7 (97.2/2.8)

159/5 (97.0/3.0)

86/2 (97.7/2.3)

1.000

0.048

PT (< 12/≥12, %)

198/54 (78.6/21.4)

128/36 (78.0/22.0)

70/18 (79.5/20.5)

0.908

0.037

APTT (< 32/≥32, %)

143/109 (56.7/43.3)

101/63 (61.6/38.4)

42/46 (47.7/52.3)

0.047

0.281

  1. IQR, Interquartile range; BMI, Body mass index; KPS, Karnofsky performance status; PT, Prothrombin time; APTT, Activated partial thromboplastin time