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Table 2 Patient characteristics for 333 patients

From: Costs and quality of life of small-incision open cholecystectomy and laparoscopic cholecystectomy - an expertise-based randomised controlled trial

 

LC

SIOC

n = 177

n = 156

Male/Female % (n)

38/62 (68/109)

39/61 (61/95)

Age in years, median (range)

52 (18–84)

51.5 (20–84)

Preoperative EQ-5D-3L score, Median (p25, p75)

0.9349 (0.8337–0.9349)

0.9349 (0.8337–0.9694)

Patients with QoL data

153/177

131/156

Employed % (n)

58 (89/154)

55 (73/133)

Smoker % (n)

16 (23/148)

10 (13/132)

Higher education % (n)

29 (44/150)

32 (43/135)

  1. LC laparoscopic cholecystectomy, SIOC small-incision open cholecystectomy, EQ-5D-3L EuroQol-5D-3L instrument for assessment of quality of life, QoL quality of life
  2. Proportion of subgroup is presented when there was missing data