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Table 1 Basic characteristics

From: Preoperative risk factors including serum levels of potassium, sodium, and creatinine for early mortality after open abdominal surgery: a retrospective cohort study

 

Alive after 30 days

Dead within 30 days

P-value

N (%)

2950

740

Age (years)*

75.2 (67.7; 82.2)

81.7 (75.1; 86.9)

 < 0.0001

Females, N (%) / males N (%)**

1806 (61) / 1144 (39)

463 (63) / 277 (37)

0.5

Time from blood test to surgery (hours)*

20.5 (7.3; 27.2)

8.8 (4.2; 19.0)

 < 0.0001

Acute surgery, N (%) / eletive surgery, N (%)**

1792 (61) / 1158 (39)

675 (91) / 65 (9)

 < 0.0001

P-Sodium (mmol/L)*

138 (135; 140)

137 (133; 140)

 < 0.0001

P-Potassium (mmol/L)*

3.9 (3.5; 4.2)

3.8 (3.4; 4.3)

0.8

P-Creatinine (micromol/L)*

81 (67; 100)

102 (79; 152)

 < 0.0001

Surgical category, N (%)**

 I. Gastroduodenal

226 (8)

136 (18)

 

 II. Biliary

199 (7)

15 (2)

 

 III. Small bowel

216 (7)

75 (10)

 

 IV. Appendix

162 (6)

16 (2)

 < 0.0001

 V. Colon

1156 (39)

270 (37)

 

 VI. Rectum

447 (15)

49 (7)

 

 VII. Herniotomy, adhesiolysis, splenectomy, and diagnostic purposes

544 (18)

179 (24)

 
  1. ”*”Medians and interquartile range (IQR) are shown. Differences were tested using Mann–Whitney U tests
  2. “**”Numbers and percentages are shown. Differences were tested using chi-square statistics