Table 4

Patient demographics

Patient demographics n (%)*
VariablePostsurgery complicationsTotal
No (n=1021)Yes (n=72)
Sex
 Male651 (64)47 (65)698 (64)
 Female370 (36)25 (35)395 (36)
Age (years)41 (21);50 (20);42 (21);
40 (26 to 57)49 (38 to 64)41 (27 to 58)
Comorbidities
 Asthma61 (6)5 (7)66 (6)
 Hypertension115 (11)12 (17)127 (12)
 Ischaemic heart disease25 (2)7 (10)32 (3)
 Diabetes42 (4)7 (10)49 (4)
 Smoking137 (13)14 (19)151 (14)
 Stroke/TIA16 (2)2 (3)18 (2)
 COPD18 (2)2 (3)20 (2)
 Chronic kidney disease13 (1)1 (1)14 (1)
COVID-19 status
 No suspicion997 (98)65 (90)1062 (97)
 Swab negative9 (1)3 (4)12 (1)
 CXR/Clinical presurgery12 (1)3 (4)15 (1)
 Swab/CT positive (presurgery/postsurgery)3 (0)1 (<1)4 (<1)
  • Mean (SD), median (IQR) is given for continuous variables instead of n (%), n=1093.

  • COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CXR, chest X-ray; TIA, transient ischaemic attack.