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Table 1 Comparison of demographic data between groups

From: Patients’ life quality during ureterorenoscopy, ureterorenoscopy plus JJ insertion and shock wave lithotripsy in the management of distal ureteral stone: a prospective clinical study

 

SWL (n = 44)

URS (n = 27)

URS + JJ (n = 31)

P value

Age (years)

41.2 ± 11.9

41.7 ± 15.5

46.4 ± 15.8

0.248

Sex

   

0.717

Male

31 (70.4%)

18 (66.7%)

19 (61.3%)

 

Female

13 (29.6%)

9 (33.3%)

12 (38.7%)

 

BMI (kg/m2)

26.8 ± 3.1

25.4 ± 3.7

25.5 ± 3.8

0.170

Presence of DM

5 (11.3%)

2 (7.4%)

2 (6.4%)

0.750

Presence of HT

6 (13.6%)

5 (18.5%)

9 (29.0%)

0.272

Previous stone surgery

9 (20.4%)

8 (29.6%)

9 (29.0%)

0.573

Stone size (mm)

8.5 ± 1.4

8.2 ± 2.1

8.9 ± 2.0

0.182

Stone opacity

44 (100%) a

25 (92.6%) b

25 (80.6%) b

0.004

Side

   

0.935

Right

26 (59.1%)

15 (55.6%)

19 (61.3%)

 

Left

18 (40.9%)

12 (44.4%)

12 (38.7%)

 
  1. SWL—Shock Wave Lithotripsy, URS—Ureteroscopy, BMI—Body Mass Index, ASA—American Society of Anaesthesiologists, DM—Diabetes Mellitus, HT—Hypertension. The same letters (such as a-a) define that there is no difference, different letters (such as a-b) define that there is a difference