Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients who underwent percutaneous cholecystostomy and cholecystectomy in Taiwan from 2003 to 2012
Variable | Total (n = 236,742) | Percutaneous cholecystostomy (n = 11,184, 4.72%) | Cholecystectomy (n = 225,558, 95.28%) | P-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | ||
Sex | <0.001 | ||||||
Female | 119,108 | 50.31% | 4570 | 40.86% | 114,538 | 50.78% | |
Male | 117,634 | 49.69% | 6614 | 59.14% | 111,020 | 49.22% | |
Age stratum | <0.001 | ||||||
18–29 y/o | 10,628 | 4.49% | 111 | 0.99% | 10,517 | 4.66% | |
30–39 y/o | 27,628 | 11.67% | 310 | 2.77% | 27,318 | 12.11% | |
40–49 y/o | 39,299 | 16.60% | 641 | 5.73% | 38,658 | 17.14% | |
50–59 y/o | 50,474 | 21.32% | 1367 | 12.22% | 49,107 | 21.77% | |
60–69 y/o | 44,744 | 18.90% | 1875 | 16.77% | 42,869 | 19.01% | |
70 y/o or more | 63,969 | 27.02% | 6880 | 61.52% | 57,089 | 25.31% | |
Cause of procedure | <0.001 | ||||||
AC with a C/S | 68,507 | 28.94% | 4116 | 36.80% | 64,391 | 28.55% | |
AC without a C/S | 12,597 | 5.32% | 3424 | 30.62% | 9173 | 4.07% | |
Calculus without AC | 116,285 | 49.12% | 1244 | 11.12% | 115,041 | 51.00% | |
ODGBT | 15,033 | 6.35% | 1381 | 12.35% | 13,652 | 6.05% | |
MNDOP | 18,747 | 7.92% | 354 | 3.17% | 18,393 | 8.15% | |
Others | 5573 | 2.35% | 665 | 5.95% | 4908 | 2.18% | |
CCI score | <0.001 | ||||||
0 | 163,028 | 68.86% | 5494 | 49.12% | 157,534 | 69.84% | |
1 | 31,985 | 13.51% | 2828 | 25.29% | 29,157 | 12.93% | |
2 | 23,314 | 9.85% | 1426 | 12.75% | 21,888 | 9.70% | |
≥ 3 | 18,415 | 7.78% | 1436 | 12.84% | 16,979 | 7.53% | |
Socioeconomic Status | 0.007 | ||||||
GP | 234,136 | 98.90% | 11,032 | 98.64% | 223,104 | 98.91% | |
LIP | 2606 | 1.10% | 152 | 1.36% | 2454 | 1.09% | |
Hospital level | <0.001 | ||||||
Medical center | 112,537 | 47.54% | 6265 | 56.02% | 106,272 | 47.12% | |
Regional hospital | 105,701 | 44.65% | 4627 | 41.37% | 101,074 | 44.81% | |
District hospital | 18,504 | 7.82% | 292 | 2.61% | 18,212 | 8.07% | |