Factors associated with trigger digit following carpal tunnel release

Table 1 Descriptive statistics for open and endoscopic surgical groups, n (%)

	Total (n = 967)	Surgical group		Test statistics
		Open (160, 16.5%)	Endoscopic (807, 83.5%)
Age (16-94)	59.49 (14.33)	57.24 (15.28)	59.93 (14.10)	-2.171
Gender				1.312
Male	384 (39.7)	70 (43.8)	314 (38.9)
Female	583 (60.3)	90 (56.2)	493 (61.1)
Race				6.352
White	848 (87.7)	139 (86.9)	709 (87.9)
Non-White	71 (7.3)	20 (12.5)	51 (6.3)
Missing	48 (5.0)	1 (0.6)	47 (5.8)
BMI				0.282
< 25	126 (13.0)	22 (13.8)	104 (12.9)
25-30	251 (26.0)	39 (24.4)	212 (26.3)
> 30	579 (60.0)	97 (60.6)	482 (59.7)
Missing	11 (1.1)	2 (1.2)	9 (1.1)
Hand dominance				0.412
Right	550 (56.9)	69 (43.1)	481 (59.6)
Left	51 (5.3)	8 (5.0)	43 (5.3)
Missing	366 (37.8)	83 (51.9)	283 (35.1)
Diabetes mellitus				0.332
Yes	219 (22.7)	39 (24.4)	180 (22.3)
No	748 (77.4)	121 (75.6)	627 (77.7)
Rheumatoid				3.442
Arthritis
Yes	27 (2.8)	8 (5.0)	19 (2.4)
No	940 (97.2)	152 (95.0)	788 (97.6)
Smoking status				3.512
Yes	141 (14.6)	31 (19.4)	110 (13.6)
No	852 (85.3)	129 (80.6)	696 (86.3)
Missing	1 (0.1)		1 (0.1)
Hypothyroidism				1.032
Yes	113 (11.7)	15 (9.4)	98 (12.1)
No	850 (87.9)	145 (90.6)	705 (87.4)
Missing	4 (0.4)		4 (0.5)

¹Based on 2 sample t-test.

²Based on Chi-Square test excluding missing cases.

^aP value < 0.05,

^bP value < 0.01. Data is presented as mean (SD) for continuous variables or count (percentage) for categorical variables. BMI: Body mass index.