Table 2

Cohort characteristics after inverse proportional weighting

Characteristic% of patients*% of patients*% of patients*
Pre-SSIB/pre-ERASPost-SSIB/pre-ERASStd. Δ, %p valuePost-SSIB/pre-ERASPost-SSIB/post- ERASStd. Δ, %p valuePre-SSIB/pre-ERASPost-SSIB/post-ERASStd. Δ, %p value
Age, yr, mean ± SD69.5 ± 1.471.2 ± 1.36.00.768.5 ± 1.267.9 ± 1.01.30.970.0 ± 1.370.6 ± 1.06.40.6
Body mass index, mean ± SD27.9 ± 0.728.1 ± 0.72.40.928.2 ± 0.628.0 ± 0.40.41.028.2 ± 0.728.0 ± 0.47.20.6
Sex0.21.05.80.81.40.9
 Male43.343.244.345.544.243.4
 Female56.756.855.754.555.856.6
American Society of Anesthesiologists class10.71.00.81.04.80.7
 1–240.540.048.548.543.741.0
 3–459.559.951.551.556.359.0
Wound classification15.50.90.91.014.70.9
 Clean/contaminated77.075.284.884.777.676.3
 Contaminated14.814.511.011.014.914.7
 Dirty/infected8.210.34.24.37.59.0
Laparoscopic procedure9.70.80.70.911.20.7
 Yes87.185.493.092.789.287.4
 No12.914.67.07.310.812.6
Diabetes3.00.93.30.81.90.8
 Yes10.610.114.813.614.413.3
 No89.489.985.286.485.686.7
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease0.31.09.20.510.90.2
 Yes7.17.27.19.47.111.7
 No92.992.892.990.692.988.3
Functional status10.80.614.60.23.10.8
 Independent99.097.696.598.899.198.8
 Partially/totally dependent1.01.23.51.20.91.2
Chemotherapy2.40.94.70.14.00.8
 Yes5.54.94.05.06.25.4
 No94.595.196.095.093.894.6
  • ERAS = enhanced recovery after surgery; SD = standard deviation; SSIB = surgical site infection bundle; std. Δ = standard difference.

  • * Except where noted otherwise.

  • Values less than 20% indicate negligible differences between groups for a particular covariate.