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Table 1 Demographic Characteristics

From: Abdominal skin tensile strength in aesthetic and massive weight loss patients and its role in ventral hernia repair

 

Aesthetic Patients

Post-bariatric Patients

p

No.

15

10

 

Age (years)

 Mean

37.2

45.9

0.037*

 Range

22–53

30–62

Comorbidities (%)

 Yes

26.7

50

0.397#

 No

73.3

50

Tobacco use (%)

   

 Yes

0

0

0.017#

 No

100

60

 Ex-smoker

0

40

Pregnancies, median (IQ)

2 (1–3)

3 (1.5–5)

0.232×

Mean BMI ± SD

25.7 ± 1.3

29.5 ± 4.7

0.035*

  1. *t-test; # chi-squared; ×Mann-Whitney U test