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Table 3 Univariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis of patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer in Västmanland county between 1996 and 2017 who were admitted for small bowel obstruction (SBO)

From: Risk factors for small bowel obstruction after open rectal cancer resection

Admission for SBO Univariable Multivariable
  OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
Age 0.981 0.961–1.002 0.082 0.981 0.958–1.005 0.113
Gender       
 Female 1   0.884 1   0.941
 Male 1.036 0.647–1.657   1.019 0.616–1.688  
Body mass index 0.975 0.920–1.034 0.404 0.969 0.910–1.031 0.321
ASA score       
 I–II 1   0.535 1   0.762
 III–IV 0.852 0.513–1.414   0.913 0.505–1.648  
TNM stage       
 I–II 1    1   
 III 1.101 0.667–1.818 0.707 1.148 0.682–1.932 0.603
 IV 1.437 0.736–2.803 0.288 1.346 0.660–2.743 0.414
Preoperative radiotherapya
 No 1   0.026 1   0.071
 Yes 2.112 1.093–4.078   1.932 0.945–3.951  
Type of surgery
 Resection with anastomosis 1   0.321 1   0.225
 Resection without anastomosis 1.262 0.797–1.999   1.614 0.745–3.495  
Mobilization of splenic flexure
 No 1   0.946 1   0.271
 Yes 1.016 0.639–1.617   1.519 0.722–3.197  
Resection of other organs
 No 1   0.525 1   0.832
 Yes 1.175 0.714–1.935   0.938 0.519–1.696  
Intraoperative bleeding 1 1.000–1.000 0.596 1 1.000–1.000 0.853
Operative time 1.002 0.999–1.005 0.232 1 0.996–1.004 0.865
Re-laparotomy
 No 1   0.021 1   0.026
 Yes 2.853 1.174–6.936   2.824 1.129–7.065  
  1. ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  2. aPreoperative radiotherapy is any radiotherapy given at any time prior to surgery for rectal cancer, including radiotherapy for cancers other than rectal cancer