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Table 1 Participant characteristics in the training and validating cohorts

From: Risk estimation for postoperative nausea and vomiting: development and validation of a nomogram based on point-of-care gastric ultrasound

 

Cohorts

 

Variable

Training (n = 177)

Validating (n = 59)

P Value

Age [mean ± s]

45.34 ± 17.54

48.02 ± 16.31

0.378

Sex [n (%)]

0.183

 Male

79 (44.63%)

31 (52.54%)

 

 Female

98 (55.37%)

28 (47.46%)

 

 BMI [mean ± s]

22.64 ± 3.65

22.61 ± 3.59

0.711

Smoking history [n (%)]

0.336

 Yes

50 (28.25%)

19 (32.20%)

 

 No

127 (71.75%)

40 (67.80%)

 

Alcohol [n (%)]

0.245

 Yes

44 (24.86%)

18 (30.51%)

 

 No

133 (75.14%)

41 (69.49%)

 

History of Motion sickness [n (%)]

0.471

 Yes

45 (25.42%)

14 (23.73%)

 

 No

132 (74.58%)

45 (76.27%)

 

History of PONV [n (%)]

0.418

 Yes

26 (14.69%)

7 (11.86%)

 

 No

151 (85.31%)

52 (88.14%)

 

History of Migraine [n (%)]

0.459

 Yes

42 (23.73%)

15 (25.42%)

 

 No

135 (76.27%)

44 (74.58%)

 

 CSA [mean ± s]

5.47 ± 2.66

5.39 ± 2.35

0.518

Surgery type [n (%)]

 < 0.001

 Otolaryngological

11 (6.22%)

7 (11.86%)

 

 Gynaecological

46 (25.99%)

15 (25.42%)

 

 Open general

36 (20.34%)

8 (13.56%)

 

 Laparoscopic general

50 (28.25%)

18 (30.51%)

 

 Orthopaedic

19 (10.73%)

2 (3.39%)

 

 Urologic

15 (8.47%)

9 (15.26%)

 

Duration of surgery [n (%)]

0.180

 ≤ 60 min

70 (39.55%)

28 (47.46%)

 

 > 60 min

107 (60.45%)

31 (52.54%)

 

Operative position [n (%)]

0.443

 Supine (including lithotomy)

156 (88.14%)

51 (86.44%)

 

 Non-supine position

21 (11.86%)

8 (13.56%)

 

Duration of anaesthesia [n (%)]

0.411

 ≤ 90 min

88 (49.72%)

31 (52.54%)

 

 > 90 min

89 (50.28%)

28 (47.46%)

 

Anaesthesia method [n (%)]

0.580

 Intravenous-inhalation combined

157 (88.70%)

55 (93.22%)

 

 Intravenous

12 (6.78%)

2 (3.39%)

 

 Combined spinal and epidural

8 (4.52%)

2 (3.39%)

 

 Dosage of sufentanil used intraoperatively [mean ± s]

31.02 ± 15.91

29.15 ± 14.30

0.398

Dexmedetomidine used intraoperatively [n (%)]

0.537

 Yes

125 (70.62%)

42 (71.19)

 

 No

52 (29.38%)

17 (28.81%)

 

Neostigmine used intraoperatively [n (%)]

0.166

 Yes

118 (66.67%)

44 (74.58%)

 

 No

59 (33.33%)

15 (25.42%)

 

Glucocorticoid used intraoperatively [n (%)]

0.491

 Yes

28 (15.82%)

10 (16.95%)

 

 No

149 (84.12%)

49 (83.05%)

 

PCA used after surgery [n (%)]

0.075

 Yes

84 (47.46%)

21 (35.59%)

 

 No

93 (52.54%)

38 (64.41%)

 

Postoperative nausea and vomiting [n (%)]

0.172

 Yes

65 (36.72%)

17 (28.81%)

 

 No

112 (63.28%)

42 (71.19%)

 
  1. BMI Body mass index, CSA Gastric cross-sectional area, PCA Patient-controlled analgesia, PONV Postoperative nausea and vomiting