Table 1 |
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Demographics and clinical aspects of the patients in the two groups. |
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Variable |
Group CO N (%) |
Group CHO-P N (%) |
p |
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Sex |
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Male |
3 (33.3) |
3 (37.5) |
1.00 |
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Female |
6 (66.7) |
5 (62.5) |
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Age (years) (mean ± SEM) |
41.0 ± 4.0 |
35.0 ± 6.0 |
0.41 |
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Type of operation |
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Open cholecystectomy |
6 (66.7) |
4(50) |
0.71 |
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Video-cholecystectomy |
2 (22.2%) |
2 (25,0%) |
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Inguinal hérnia repair |
1 (11,1%) |
2 (25,0%) |
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Duration of the operation (min) (mean ± SEM) |
99.0 ± 11.0 |
94.0 ± 8.0 |
0.52 |
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Type of anaesthesia |
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General |
4 (44.4) |
3 (37.5) |
0.78 |
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Epidural blockage |
2 (22.2) |
3 (37.5) |
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General+ epidural blockage |
3 (33.3) |
2 (25) |
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Duration of fasting (min) (mean ± SEM) |
1014 ± 38 |
264 ± 9 |
0.001 |
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Nutritional status |
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Eutrophic |
9 (100) |
8 (100) |
1.00 |
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BMI* (kg/m2) (mean ± SEM) |
30.7 ± 2.1 |
26.9 ± 1.5 |
0.19 |
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ASA score† |
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I |
3 (33.3) |
7 (87.5) |
0.05 |
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II |
6 (66.7) |
1(12.5) |
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Length of hospital stay (median and range) |
1 (1-2) |
1(1-2) |
0.40 |
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* † Body mass index, † American Society of Aneshesiologists. |
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Perrone et al. Nutrition Journal 2011 10:66 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-10-66 |
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