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Table 3 Univariate analysis of risk factors for the occurrence of incisional hernia (IH) at 1 year and at 6 months

From: Retrospective study of an incisional hernia after laparoscopic colectomy for colorectal cancer

Variable

Non-IH

N = 423

IH at 1 year

N = 47

Univariate analysis

p-value, at 1 year

IH, at 6 months

N = 37

Univariate analysis

p-value, at 6 months

Age, median [IQRa]

71 [26–99]

67 [41–85]

0.03

67 [41–85]

0.11

Female sex, n (%)

170 (40)

29 (62)

0.005

24 (65)

0.0039

BMIb, kg/m2,

median [IQRa]

22.5 [12.4–37.4]

24.6 [18–47.2]

< 0.0001

24.4 [18–47.2]

0.0007

Diabetes, n (%)

81 (19)

8 (17)

0.72

7 (19)

0.99

Pulmonary disease, n (%)

30 (7)

5 (10)

0.38

3 (8)

0.87

Previous surgery, n (%)

83 (20)

8 (17)

0.67

6 (16)

0.61

Tumor size (mm),

median [IQRa]

35 [0–167]

39 [8–80]

0.45

39 [8–80]

0.46

PNIc, median [IQRa]

50.2 [23.2–72.2]

48.3 [40.6–65.5]

0.70

50.6 [40.6–65.5]

0.64

SSId, n (%)

17 (4)

9 (19)

< 0.0001

8 (22)

< 0.0001

  1. aIQR, interquartile range; bBMI, body mass index; cPNI, prognostic nutritional index (calculated as 10 × serum albumin [g/dL] + 0.005 × total lymphocyte count [/mm3]); dSSI, surgical site infection