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Table 1 Subjects’ characteristics in 182 open surgical procedures for finger flexion contracture in Dupuytren’s disease

From: Surgical treatment of Dupuytren’s disease – outcome and health economy in relation to smoking and diabetes

 

All surgeries (n = 182)

Non-smokersa(n = 152)

Smokersa(n = 27)

p-value

Subjects without diabetesb(n = 161)

Subjects with diabetesb(n = 20)

p-value

Age

68 [62-73]

70 [64-75]

63 [59-67]

0.001

69 [63-74]

63 [59-70]

0.03

Gender

Male (78%)

Male (75%)

Male (93%)

0.04

Male (79%)

Male (80%)

0.83

BMI

25.1 [23.4-27.1]

25.1 [23.4-27.1]

25.3 [23.1-26.8]

0.87

24.9 [23.1-26.8]

26.8 [23.7-28.9]

0.06

Hypertension (treated) (%)

46%

46%

41%

0.71

42%

75%

0.001

Statin treatment (%)

20%

20%

19%

0.88

17%

40%

0.0001

Preoperative flexion contracture (degrees)

90 [60-110]

85 [60-105]

98 [79-143]

0.04

90 [60-110]

80 [63-113]

0.95

Postoperative flexion contracture (degrees)

20 [0-35]

20 [0-30]

30 [11-40]

0.12

20 [0-35]

20 [15-35]

0.57

Improvement (degrees)

65 [45-87]

60 [45-85]

78 [40-91]

0.60

65 [45-90]

60 [45-80]

0.55

Preoperative Tubiana stage

1b [20 (11%)]

1b [19 (12%)]

1b [1 (4%)]

0.09

1b [19 (12%)]

1b [1 (5%)]

0.97

2 [81 (45%)]

2 [69 (45%)]

2 [10 (37%)]

2 [70 (43%)]

2 [10 (50%)]

3 [41 (22%)]

3 [36 (24%)]

3 [5 (18%)]

3 [37 (23%)]

3 [4 (20%)]

4 [18 (10%)]

4 [12 (8%)]

4 [6 (22%)]

4 [16 (10%)]

4 [2 (10%)]

Unknown [22 (12%)]

Unknown [16 (11%]

Unknown [5 (19%)]

Unknown [19 (12%)]

Unknown [3 (15%)]

Postoperative Tubiana stage

0 [34 (19%)]

0 [29 (19%)]

0 [4 (15%)]

0.66

0 [31 (19%)]

0 [3 (15%)]

0.98

1a [37 (20%)]

1a [33 (22%)]

1a [4 (15%)]

1a [32 (19%)]

1a [5 (25%)]

1b [49 (27%)]

1b [38 (25%)]

1b [11 (41%)]

1b [43 (27%)]

1b [6 (30%)]

2 [10 (5.5%)]

2 [9 (6%)]

2 [1 (4%)]

2 [9 (6%)]

2 [1 (5%)]

3 [1 (0.5%)]

3 [1 (1%)]

3 [0 (0%)]

3 [1 (1%)]

3 [0 (0%)]

4 [0 (0%)]

4 [0 (0)]

4 [0 (0%)]

4 [0 (0%)]

4 [0 (0%)]

Unknown [51 (28%)]

Unknown [42 (28%)]

Unknown [7 (26%)]

Unknown [45 (28%)]

Unknown [5 (25%)]

  1. Values are median [25% - 75% percentiles], numbers (%) or %. aInformation about smoking was lacking in three patients. bInformation about glucose status was lacking in one patient.