Analysis of quality of life in patients after transgastric natural orifice transluminal endoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery

Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics before and after propensity score matching

Characteristics	Before propensity score matching			After propensity score matching
	LC group (n = 589)	EGPS group (n = 73)	P value	LC group (n = 40)	EGPS group (n = 40)	P value
Sex			0.576			0.251
Male	205	23		18	13
Female	384	50		22	27
Age	52 (41, 60)	43 (33, 52)	0.000	43 ± 12	44 ± 11	0.817
BMI	25 (23, 28)	22 (20, 25)	0.267	25 ± 4	25 ± 3	0.681
Number of gallstones			0.355			0.644
Single	199	26		16	14
Multiple	390	47		24	26
Preoperative CGIQLI score	130 (127, 132)	135 (133, 137)	0.000	134 (131, 136)	133 (132, 135)	0.526
Physical well-being	35 (34, 37)	37 (35.5, 38)	0.000	37 (35, 38)	36 (35, 37)	0.345
Mental well-being	17 (16, 17)	19 (19, 20)	0.000	19 (19, 19)	19(19, 19)	0.690
Gastrointestinal digestion	35 (34, 36)	36 (34, 37)	0.000	35 (34, 36)	35 (34, 36)	0.692
Gastrointestinal defecation	23 (22, 24)	24 (24, 24)	0.003	24 (23, 24)	24 (24, 24)	0.653
Follow-up time	692 (544, 842)	676 (590, 810)	0.610	718 (488, 898)	747 ± 154	0.256

BMI: body mass index; CGIQLI: Gastrointestinal Quality of Life Index; EGPS: Endoscopic gallbladder-preserving surgery; LC: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy.