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Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics and their relationship with PONV

From: Assessment of pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting and their association in the early postoperative period: an observational study from Palestine

Characteristic

Total; N = 211 (%)

PONV; N = 96 (%)

No PONV; N = 115 (%)

P-value*

Age (year)

 18–39

135 (64)

59 (61.5)

76 (66.1)

0.658

 40–64

66 (31.3)

33 (34.4)

33 (28.7)

 65–79

10 (4.7)

4 (4.2)

6 (5.2)

Sex

 Female

94 (44.5)

48 (50.0)

46 (40)

0.146

 Male

117 (55.5)

48 (50.0)

69 (60)

BMI

 Underweight

4 (1.9)

3 (3.1)

1 (0.9)

0.208

 Healthy weight

57 (27.0)

21 (21.9)

36 (31.3)

 Overweight

98 (46.4)

50 (52.1)

48 (41.7)

 Obese

52 (24.6)

22 (22.9)

30 (26.1)

Smoking

93 (44.1)

40 (41.7)

53 (46.1)

0.520

History of motion sickness

26 (12.3)

10 (10.4)

16 (13.9)

0.442

History of PONV

37 (17.5)

24 (25.0)

13 (11.3)

0.009

  1. PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting, BMI body mass index
  2. *Significant p-values are in bold