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Table 2 Patient’s baseline clinical characteristics and subgroup analysis of clinical characteristics among patients with and without smoking after 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

132

74

58

  

Primary tumor (%)

   

0.219

0.309

 Slow

35 (26.5)

23 (31.1)

12 (20.7)

  

 Moderate

47 (35.6)

22 (29.7)

25 (43.1)

  

 Rapid

50 (37.9)

29 (39.2)

21 (36.2)

  

Age (years, median [IQR])

61.00 [54.00, 68.00]

63.00 [53.25, 69.00]

60.00 [57.00, 63.00]

0.182

0.217

Gender (male/female, %)

123/9 (93.2/6.8)

69/5 (93.2/6.8)

54/4 (93.1/6.9)

1.000

0.006

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

23.59 [21.22, 26.23]

23.72 [22.17, 26.26]

23.51 [20.76, 26.23]

0.301

0.001

Diabetes (no/yes, %)

118/14 (89.4/10.6)

67/7 (90.5/9.5)

51/7 (87.9/12.1)

0.843

0.084

Hypertension (no/yes, %)

90/42 (68.2/31.8)

51/23 (68.9/31.1)

39/19 (67.2/32.8)

0.986

0.036

Preoperative chemotherapy (no/yes, %)

111/21 (84.1/15.9)

63/11 (85.1/14.9)

48/10 (82.8/17.2)

0.896

0.065

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

62/70 (47.0/53.0)

38/36 (51.4/48.6)

24/34 (41.4/58.6)

0.335

0.201

Viscera metastases (no/yes, %)

102/30 (77.3/22.7)

57/17 (77.0/23.0)

45/13 (77.6/22.4)

1.000

0.013

KPS (> 50/≤50, %)

64/68 (48.5/51.5)

38/36 (51.4/48.6)

26/32 (44.8/55.2)

0.569

0.131

Preoperative embolization (no/yes, %)

121/11 (91.7/8.3)

67/7 (90.5/9.5)

54/4 (93.1/6.9)

0.832

0.094

Surgical process (%)

   

0.436

0.231

 Palliative decompression

120 (90.9)

67 (90.5)

53 (91.4)

  

 Partial resection of vertebrae

5 (3.8)

4 (5.4)

1 (1.7)

  

 En bloc resection of vertebrae

7 (5.3)

3 (4.1)

4 (6.9)

  

Surgical site (%)

   

0.688

0.151

 Cervical and cervical thoracic

7 (5.3)

3 (4.1)

4 (6.9)

  

 Thoracic and thoracolumbar

97 (73.5)

54 (73.0)

43 (74.1)

  

 Lumbar and lumbosacral

28 (21.2)

17 (23.0)

11 (19.0)

  

Number of surgical segments (1/≧2, %)

53/79 (40.2/59.8)

33/41 (44.6/55.4)

20/38 (34.5/65.5)

0.319

0.208

Hypoalbuminemia (no/yes, %)

110/22 (83.3/16.7)

63/11 (85.1/14.9)

47/11 (81.0/19.0)

0.695

0.110

Thrombocytopenia (no/yes, %)

129/3 (97.7/2.3)

71/3 (95.9/4.1)

58/0 (100.0/0.0)

0.336

0.291

PT (< 12/≥12, %)

108/24 (81.8/18.2)

61/13 (82.4/17.6)

47/11 (81.0/19.0)

1.000

0.036

APTT (< 32/≥32, %)

71/61 (53.8/46.2)

41/33 (55.4/44.6)

30/28 (51.7/48.3)

0.806

0.074

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