Pancreaticoduodenectomy: Volume is not Associated with Outcome within an Academic Health Care System
Table 1
Characteristics of patients who underwent pancreaticoduodenectomy at UCSF-affiliated hospitals,
1989–2003.
Characteristics
ML
LVHG
value†
Age, mean (median), year
61 (64)
62 (62)
.887
Sex, no. (%)‡
—
—
Male
153 (50.8)
59 (86.8)
—
Race, no. (%)‡
—
—
Asian
33 (11)
7 (10.4)
—
African american
8 (2.7)
13 (19.4)
—
Hispanic
17 (5.6)
5 (7.5)
—
Caucasian
206 (68.4)
37 (55.2)
—
Other
37 (12.3)
5 (7.5)
—
ASA Rating, no. (%)‡
—
—
.605
1
4 (1.3)
1 (3.8)
—
2
142 (47.8)
12 (46.2)
—
3
148 (49.8)
13 (50)
—
4
3 (1)
0 (0)
—
†According to the Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous data or
Fisher's exact test for categorical data. ‡Numbers may not sum to group total because data was
not available for all patients.