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Table 1 Characteristics of the patients with and without OSA before propensity score matching

From: The impact of obstructive sleep apnea on early surgical site infections in elderly PLIF patients: a retrospective propensity score-matched analysis

Variable

OSA group

(N = 113)

Non-OSA group (N = 365)

P value

Age(years)

74.8 ± 4.7

72.2 ± 4.6

0.00*

Sex

   

 Male

79(69.9%)

189(51.8%)

 

 Female

34(30.1%)

176(48.2%)

0.00*

BMI(Kg/m2)

23.9 ± 2.8

22.6 ± 2.2

0.00*

Diabetes Mellitus

59(52.2%)

113(31.0%)

0.00*

Hypertension

72(63.7%)

201(55.1%)

0.13

Smoking

63(55.8%)

109(30.0%)

0.00*

ASA classification

1.7 ± 0.5

1.6 ± 0.5

0.05

Operative time(min)

151.2 ± 33.6

147.0 ± 37.2

0.28

Blood loss

441.2 ± 71.6

431.9 ± 70.4

0.22

Screw number

4.5 ± 0.9

4.5 ± 0.9

0.88

SSIs

22(19.5%)

10(2.7%)

0.00*

  1. BMI, Body Mass Index. * P < 0.05