Table 1

Overview of study participants

Training datasetTesting dataset
Attending surgeon(N=17)(N=13)(N=4)
 Surgeon experience, years, median (Min–Max)17 (1–35)15(1–35)23(6–32)
 Surgeon volume of cases, median (Min–Max)176 (10–1871)144(10–1871)319(157–761)
Surgical cases(N=5313)(N=3756)(N=1557)
 Patient female gender, N (%)3558 (67.0)2543 (67.7)1015 (65.2)
 Patient age, years, mean (SD)66.2 (11.3)65.8 (11.4)67.0(11.0)
 Patient with comorbidity, N (%)3388 (63.8)2440 (65.0)948 (60.9)
  Number of comorbidities, median (Min–Max)1 (0–6)1 (0–6)1 (0–5)
  Coronary artery disease, N (%)1074 (20.2)751 (20.0)323 (20.7)
  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, N (%)320 (6.0)230 (6.1)90 (5.8)
  Diabetes mellitus, N (%)858 (16.1)636 (16.9)222(14.3)
 Hypertension, N (%)2196 (41.3)1609 (42.8)587 (37.7)
  Obesity, N (%)1242 (23.4)935 (24.9)307 (19.7)
  Tobacco, N (%)814 (15.3)590(15.7)224(14.4)
Operative time, minutes, mean (SD)109.2 (30.3)103.5 (29.8)123.0 (26.9)