Table 1

Patient demographics, operative time, length of hospital stay, and probability of morbidity and mortality for the dehydrated and not dehydrated groups.

Patient DemographicDehydration (Blood Urea Nitrogen/Creatinine >20) P
Not DehydratedDehydrated
MeanSDMeanSD
Age, y54.6511.4059.5211.22<0.001
Body mass index30.666.4230.536.790.272
Estimated probability of morbidity2.26%1.22%2.60%1.56%<0.001
Estimated probability of mortality0.18%0.83%0.30%1.07%<0.001
Length of total hospital stay, d1.833.072.394.21<0.001
Total operation time, min130.0271.23135.3475.71<0.001
N % N %
Sex
 Women482445.0%257361.2%<0.001
 Men590155.0%163338.8%
Race
 Not Black912585.1%391093.0%<0.001
 Black160114.9%2967.0%
Ethnicity
 Not Hispanic10,06293.8%392493.3%<0.001
 Hispanic6646.2%2826.7%