The Effect of Obesity and Increased Waist Circumference on the Outcome of Laparoscopic Nephrectomy
Table 1
Patient demographics.
Characteristic
Total
Group 1
Group 2
value
Total
144
71 (49.3%)
73 (50.7%)
Age (years)
60 (52–66)
60 (51–69)
58 (48–66)
0.41
Gender
Male
86 (59.7%)
47 (66.1%)
39 (53.4%)
0.12
Female
58 (40.3%)
24 (34.9%)
34 (46.6%)
ASA grade
1
23 (15.9%)
18 (78.2%)
5 (21.8%)
0.04
2
74 (51.4%)
35 (47.2%)
39 (52.8%)
3
45 (31.3%)
18 (40%)
27 (60%)
4
2 (1.4%)
0 (0%)
2 (100%)
Comorbidities
HTN
36 (25%)
14 (19.7%)
22 (30.1%)
0.17
Diabetes
7 (4.8%)
4 (5.6%)
3 (4.1%)
0.71
Renal disease
4 (2.7%)
1 (1.4%)
3 (4.1%)
0.62
Preoperative renal function
Creatinine (mg/dl)
82 (66–93)
76 (57–91.75)
85 (70–94)
0.11
eGFR (ml/min)
87 (62–90)
90 (74–90)
74 (61.5–90)
0.23
: number of patients. IQR: interquartile range. WC: waist circumference. ASA: American Society of Anaesthesiologists. All assessed with ANOVA test. All assessed with Fishers exact test.
