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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of participants

From: Perioperative pectoral nerve block type II and postoperative recurrence in breast cancer: a randomized controlled trial

 

General

n = 252

General + PECS-2

n = 251

P value

Age (years)

52.8 (11.3)

51.5 (10.4)

0.180

BMI (kg/m2)

23.6 (7.2)

24.2 (6.8)

0.337

ASA physical status

   

I

144 (57.1)

137 (54.6)

0.436

II

75 (29.8)

87 (34.7)

III

33 (13.1)

27 (10.8)

Oestrogen receptor positive

210 (83.3)

199 (79.3)

0.244

Progesterone receptor positive

174 (69.0)

183 (72.9)

0.340

HER2 positive

48 (19.0)

44 (17.5)

0.660

Ki67 ≥ 30%

155 (61.5)

168 (66.9)

0.205

Molecular subtypes

   

Luminal A

14 (5.6)

21 (8.4)

0.611

Luminal B

158 (62.7)

149 (59.4)

HER2-enriched

33 (13.1)

31 (12.4)

Triple negative

47 (18.7)

50 (19.9)

TNM stage

   

1

87 (34.5)

101 (40.2)

0.379

2

117 (46.4)

103 (41.0)

3

48 (19.1)

47 (18.7)

Surgery type

   

Breast conservation

111 (44.0)

120 (47.8)

0.397

Mastectomy

141 (56.0)

131 (52.2)

Surgical duration (min)

81 (65–124)

86 (61–136)

0.466

Intraoperative variables

Heart rate (bpm)

74 (13)

72 (15)

0.111

MAP (mm Hg)

90 (8.9)

91 (9.2)

0.216

Bispectral index score

50.4 (11.4)

52.0 (12.0)

0.126

Propofol consumption (mg/kg/h)

7.2 (1.4)

7.0 (1.5)

0.123

Remifentanil consumption (μg/kg/h)

7.8 (3.9)

6.9 (3.3)

0.005

  1. BMI, body mass index; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; HER2, human epidermal growth factor 2; TNM, tumor–node–metastasis; MAP, mean arterial pressure
  2. Data are reported as mean (SD), median (interquartile ranges), or n (%)