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Table 2 Analyses of clinical characteristics of patients with postoperative complications assessed using the Clavien–Dindo classification

From: New risk factors of postoperative complications in elective gastrointestinal surgery of elderly patients: a prospective cohort study

 

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Grade ≤ II

Grade ≥ III

p-value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

p-value

Odds ratio (95% CI)

N = 161

N = 28

General background

 Age

  Years

75.0 (65–95)

76.5 (67–92)

0.206

   

  ≥ 80 years

36 (22.4%)

11 (39.3%)

0.056

2.25 (0.97–5.23)

0.088

 

 Sex

 Male

100 (62.1%)

25 (89.3%)

0.005

5.08 (1.47–17.55)

0.008

5.51 (1.55–19.57)

Comorbidity

 Hypertension

80 (49.7%)

20 (71.4%)

0.033

2.53 (1.05–6.08)

0.094

 

 Diabetes mellitus

41 (25.5%)

6 (21.4%)

0.648

   

 Hyperlipidemia

29 (18.0%)

5 (17.9%)

0.984

   

 Cardiovascular

22 (13.7%)

4 (14.3%)

0.563

   

 Cerebrovascular

14 (8.7%)

4 (14.3%)

0.266

   

 Renal

8 (5.0%)

3 (10.7%)

0.211

   

 Hemodialysis

4 (2.5%)

1 (3.6%)

0.556

   

 Respiratory

2 (1.2%)

2 (7.1%)

0.105

   

5-item modified frailty index

 ≥ 2

35 (21.9%)

10 (35.7%)

0.113

   

Disease

 Malignant

143 (88.8%)

25 (89.3%)

0.621

   

InBody 770

 BMI (kg/m2)

22.5 (14.6–37.6)

21.9 (15.7–26.5)

0.215

   

 SMI

6.6 (4.1–10.4)

6.55 (5.3–8.3)

0.538

   

  Abnormal

60 (37.3%)

18 (64.3%)

0.007

3.03 (1.31–6.99)

0.023

2.78 (1.16–6.71)

 Body fat (%)

26.3 (7.1–47.0)

25.1 (9.0–40.0)

0.569

   

 Body cell mass (kg)

26.8 (16.8–42.2)

26.6 (22.1–34.3)

0.871

   

SF-8

 PCS score

47.9 (18.6–59.2)

46.5 (19.2–55.8)

0.295

   

  Abnormal

34 (23.4%)

9 (36.0%)

0.182

   

 MCS score

48.8 (24.4–64.6)

51.6 (20.0–64.7)

0.291

   

  Abnormal

65 (44.8%)

9 (36.0%)

0.411

   

Blood pressure/pulse wave test

 CAVI

  Abnormal

47 (29.2%)

16 (57.1%)

0.004

3.23 (1.42–7.36)

0.019

2.81 (1.18–6.67)

  1. Continuous variables are expressed as mean values ± standard deviations or medians with ranges
  2. Categorical variables are expressed as number of patients
  3. BMI body mass index, SMI skeletal muscle mass index, PCS physical component summary, MCS mental component summary, CAVI cardio-ankle vascular index, CI confidence interval