Table 5 Post-matching Clinical Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Thyroidectomy Grouped by Smoking Status, Stratified by Smoking Status and Surgical Indication, National Inpatient Sample 2016–2020
Clinical Outcomes | Thyroid Malignancy (n = 2570) | Other Thyroid Disorder (n = 3819) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Non-smoker n = 2028 (%) | Current Smoker n = 542 (%) | P-value | Non-smoker n = 3004 (%) | Current Smoker n = 815 (%) | P-value | |
Unfavorable Discharge | 8.9 | 13.3 | 0.002 | 10.4 | 11.0 | 0.588 |
Any Complication | 29.3 | 34.1 | 0.031 | 27.7 | 36.7 |  < 0.001 |
Vocal Dysfunction | 8.3 | 11.4 | 0.025 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 0.062 |
Hypocalcemia | 18.0 | 20.7 | 0.164 | 13.2 | 16.7 | 0.011 |
Hypomagnesemia | 3.3 | 4.6 | 0.129 | 3.6 | 5.8 | 0.006 |
Hematoma/Seroma | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.041 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 0.517 |
Acute Renal Failure | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.131 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 0.480 |
Respiratory | 7.9 | 10.0 | 0.423 | 9.8 | 14.6 |  < 0.001 |