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Table 4 Risk of postoperative complications associated with a specific comorbidity

From: The impact of obesity on surgical outcomes in patients undergoing emergency laparotomy for high-risk abdominal emergencies

Risk factor

Unadjusted

Adjusted

 

OR (95% CI)

p value

OR (95% CI)

p value

Age

2.18 (1.45–3.28)

 < 0.0001

1.87 (1.07–3.30)

0.028

ASA

5.61 (3.46–9.09)

 < 0.0001

2.55 (1.41–4.62)

0.002

BMI

2.81 (1.19–3.74)

0.005

1.27 (0.74–2.19)

0.389

Hypertension

1.76 (1.18–2.62)

0.005

0.94 (0.51–1.74)

0.851

Atrial fibrillation

2.12 (1.32–3.39)

0.002

1.01 (0.55–1.86)

0.967

PAD

4.33 (2.22–7.33)

 < 0.0001

2.02 (1.09–4.46)

0.028

Chronic renal failure

2.01 (1.14–3.55)

0.015

0.97 (0.45–2.07)

0.935

Chronic heart failure

2.07 (1.21–3.52)

0.007

1.02 (0.51–2.08)

0.940

Liver cirrhosis

9.20 (2.19–38.64)

0.0002

5.23 (1.13–24.27)

0.035

URL

15.86 (7.53–33.39)

 < 0.0001

13.06 (6.06–28.15)

 < 0.0001

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, ASA American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status classification, BMI body-mass index, PAD peripheral artery disease, URL unplanned relaparotomy