Variable CST w/o Mesh CST w/ Biologic Mesh CST w/ Synthetic Mesh p-value*
No. of Cases 58 55 13  
Age (Mean y ± S.D.) 49.3 ± 12.4 50.2 ± 12.4 52.1 ± 9.9 0.750
Female, % 65.5 45.5 53.8 0.099
BMI Group, %, n=117†       0.117
≤ 25 kg/m2 7.4 21.6 8.3  
25.1-30.0 25.9 11.8 41.7  
30.1-40.0 42.6 37.3 33.3  
40.1+ 24.1 29.4 16.7  
Hx Diabetes, n=118† 22.8 36.0 9.1 0.114
Hx Hypertension, n=124† 63.2 53.7 76.9 0.262
Pulmonary Compromise‡, n=116† 16.0 23.6 45.5 0.101
Hx Smoking, n=96† 54.3 48.8 55.6 0.853
*P-value is for ANOVA of age differences and chi-square test for other variables; †Some missing values in patient characteristics. ‡Pulmonary compromise included chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, or asthma. [CST=Component Separation Technique; S.D.=Standard Deviation; BMI=Body Mass Index; Hx=History]
Table 3: Characteristics of patients undergoing component separation.