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Table 2 Demographic and clinical characteristics of matched groups

From: Association between serum chemokines levels and delayed neurocognitive recovery after non-cardiac surgery in elderly patients: a nested case–control study

 

Matched

dNCR group (n = 21)

Matched

non-dNCR group (n = 21)

P value

Age (years), mean (SD)

68.62 (6.599)

68.57 (5.715)

0.980

Female sex, n (%)

4 (19.048)

9 (42.857)

0.090

BMI (kg m−2), mean (SD)

24.75 (4.107)

23.55 (2.674)

0.271

Education (years), mean (SD)

7.29 (3.862)

7.86 (3.351)

0.611

Type of surgery, n (%)

 Stomach enterochirurgia

11 (52.381)

11 (52.381)

1.000

 Osteoarticular surgery

3 (14.286)

3 (14.286)

 Urinary surgery

7 (33.333)

7 (33.333)

Duration of surgery (min), mean (SD)

209.52 (70.833)

203.81 (60.661)

0.780

Duration of anesthesia (min), mean (SD)

240.95 (72.174)

238.57 (61.505)

0.909

Preoperative MMSE score, mean (SD)

25.86 (2.670)

26.71 (2.452)

0.285

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index, MMSE Mini-Mental State Examination, SD standard deviation