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Table 3 Baseline characteristics of the included studies

From: Antibiotic prophylaxis in emergency cholecystectomy for mild to moderate acute cholecystitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Study ID

Sample n (%)

Age, year, mean (SD)

Sex, female n (%)

BMI, kg/m2, mean (SD)

Antibiotic

Placebo

Total

Antibiotic

Placebo

Antibiotic

Placebo

Antibiotic

Placebo

Braak et al. 2022

226

231

457

58.0 (13.9)

57.5 (14.6)

119 (52.7)

114 (49.4)

28.8 (5.2)

28.7 (5.1)

Jaafar et al. 2020a

42

48

90

48.5 (24)

49 (25)

24(57.1)

25(52.1)

27 (7)

28 (6)

Park et al. 2023

125 (50.6)

122 (49.4)

247

51.6 (15.51)

52.4(13.71)

62 (49.6)

75 (61.5)

25 (3.47)

24.5 (3.79)

Kim et al. 2017

93

95

188

52.1 (15.3)

52(15)

44(47.31)

49(51.58)

24.8 (3.4)

25 (4)

Loozen et al. 2017a

77

73

150

52 (66)

54 (58)

45 (58.4)

35 (48)

-

-

Regimbeau et al. 2014a

207

207

414

55 (75)

56 (74)

107(51.7)

103(49.8)

-

-

Santibañes et al. 2018

96

105

201

49.9 (14.7)

49.9 (14.3)

44(45.8)

57(54.3)

28.6 (5.2)

28.2 (4.3)

  1. aData are presented as median and interquartile