Operative complications and economic outcomes of cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis

Table 1 Demographics and patient characteristics

Variable	Same admission cholecystectomy	Delayed cholecystectomy	P value
	(n = 486), n (%) or mean ± SD	(n = 68), n (%) or mean ± SD
Age at surgery	44.7 ± 16.0	45.2 ± 15.7	0.812
Female	280 (64.8)	49 (74.2)	0.132
Race/ethnicity			0.447
White	183 (42.5)	35 (53.0)
Black	57 (13.2)	7 (10.6)
Hispanic	185 (42.9)	23 (34.9)
Other	6 (1.4)	1 (1.5)
Body mass index	32.2 ± 15.6	32.1 ± 6.4	0.93
Comorbidities
Coronary artery disease	13 (3.0)	2 (3.0)	1
Myocardial infarction	1 (0.2)	0 (0.0)	1
Diabetes	35 (8.1)	4 (6.1)	0.565
Hypertension	80 (18.5)	18 (27.3)	0.096
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease	3 (0.7)	1 (1.5)	0.435
Alcohol use	134 (42.8)	27 (46.6)	0.598
Smoking status	100 (26.1)	20 (31.3)	0.39
Open cholecystectomy	8 (1.7)	3 (4.4)	0.142
Convert-to-open cholecystectomy	7 (1.4)	2 (2.9)	0.305