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Table 2 Patient characteristics

From: Prediction of clinical manifestations of transurethral resection syndrome by preoperative ultrasonographic estimation of prostate weight

 

Symptomatic (n = 42)

Asymptomatic (n = 125)

p value

Age, years

72 ± 8

70 ± 7

0.202

Height, cm

164.6 ± 6.1

164.6 ± 5.8

0.989

Body weight, kg

63.2 ± 10.6

63.0 ± 9.2

0.925

Diabetes mellitus

2 (4.8%)

9 (7.2%)

0.732

Hypertension

3 (7.1)

9 (7.2%)

1.000

Arrhythmia

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.8%)

1.000

Preoperative blood data

   

  Creatinine, mg/dl

0.9 ± 0.2

0.9 ± 0.2

0.718

  BUN, mg/dl

15.7 ± 5.9

15.2 ± 4.0

0.912

  Sodium, mmol/l

140.5 ± 2.2

140.5 ± 2.4

0.942

  Hemoglobin, g/dl

13.6 ± 1.6

14.1 ± 1.5

0.321

  Hematocrit,%

39.5 ± 4.5

40.7 ± 4.9

0.218

Estimated prostate weight, g

99.0 ± 45.6

64.6 ± 26.4

< 0.001

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± SD or number (%). Symptomatic = the presence of central nervous system abnormalities such as nausea, vomiting, restlessness, pain, confusion, and coma together with intra- or postoperative cardiovascular abnormalities; BUN = blood urea nitrogen.
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