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Table 4 Adverse events after non-cardiac surgeries associated with components of CHA2DS2-VASc score

From: Septicemia and mortality after noncardiac surgery associated with CHA2DS2-VASc score: a retrospective cohort study based on a real-world database

Components of CHA2DS2-VASc score

N

Postoperative adverse events*

Events

Rate, %

OR (95% CI)†

Control group (0 score)

1763

160

9.1

1.00 (reference)

Patient with

 Age ≥ 75 years (≥ 2 scores)

24,919

6394

25.7

3.53 (2.98–4.18)

 Stroke (≥ 2 scores)

6865

1949

28.4

2.14 (1.78–2.58)

 Age 65–74 years (≥ 1 score)

12,622

2215

17.6

2.13 (1.79–2.52)

 Congestive heart failure (≥ 1 score)

11,232

2934

26.1

1.93 (1.60–2.31)

 Vascular disease (≥ 1 score)

13,488

2871

21.3

1.51 (1.26–1.81)

 Diabetes (≥ 1 score)

12,491

2930

23.5

1.82 (1.51–2.18)

 Female (≥ 1 score)

19,644

3979

20.3

1.62 (1.35–1.94)

 Hypertension (≥ 1 score)

27,894

5972

21.4

1.53 (1.28–1.84)

CHA2DS2-VASc score

 0

1763

160

9.1

1.00 (reference)

 1

7214

1205

16.7

1.47 (1.22–1.76)

 2

12,419

2458

19.8

1.55 (1.29–1.87)

 3

12,894

2750

21.3

1.61 (1.33–1.95)

 4

8314

1994

24.0

1.74 (1.44–2.12)

 ≥ 5

4798

1310

27.3

1.96 (1.60–2.41)

  1. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
  2. *Postoperative adverse events included with pneumonia, septicemia, urinary tract infection, and mortality
  3. †Adjusted for all covariates listed in Table 1