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Table 3 Subgroup analysis of outcomes according to the presence of smoking status before and after propensity score matching analysis

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

Outcomes

Overall

Smoking status

P value

No

Yes

Before propensity score matching analysis

    

n

252

164

88

 

Blood loss (mL, median [IQR])

1820.44 [1284.71, 2565.35]

1722.32 [1265.94, 2312.19]

1938.30 [1511.84, 2795.67]

0.014

Intraoperative massive blood loss (no/yes, %)

187/65 (74.2/25.8)

131/33 (79.9/20.1)

56/32 (63.6/36.4)

0.008

Length of hospital stay (days, median [IQR])

18.00 [14.00, 25.00]

18.00 [14.00, 24.00]

20.50 [15.75, 26.75]

0.027

Length of hospital stay after surgery (days, median [IQR])

14.00 [11.00, 17.25]

13.00 [11.00, 16.00]

14.00 [11.00, 20.00]

0.082

After propensity score matching analysis

    

n

132

74

58

 

Blood loss (mL, median [IQR])

1815.00 [1310.19, 2572.20]

1703.41 [1277.81, 2124.82]

1938.30 [1680.41, 2826.36]

0.019

Intraoperative massive blood loss (no/yes, %)

98/34 (74.2/25.8)

63/11 (85.1/14.9)

35/23 (60.3/39.7)

0.002

Length of hospital stay (days, median [IQR])

19.00 [14.00, 26.00]

19.00 [14.00, 26.00]

19.00 [14.00, 24.00]

0.898

Length of hospital stay after surgery (days, median [IQR])

13.00 [9.75, 16.00]

13.00 [10.00, 16.00]

14.00 [9.00, 17.50]

0.881

  1. IQR, Interquartile range