Table 1 –

Baseline characteristics of patients undergoing emergency general surgery.

Characteristic	Emergency general surgery patients n = 150
Age (y) – median [IQR]	61 [50-70]
Male sex – no. (%)	67 (45)
Body mass index (kg/m2) – median [IQR]	29.3 [23.7-36.1]
Current smoker – no. (%)	42 (28)
Cancer – no. (%)	17 (11)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease – no. (%)	22 (15)
Hypertension – no. (%)	81 (54)
Diabetes – no. (%)	39 (26)
Congestive heart failure – no. (%)	12 (8)
Dialysis – no. (%)	10 (7)
Immunocompromised – no. (%)	28 (19)
Sodium (mEq/L) – mean (SD)	136.67 (4.52)
Creatinine (mg/dL) – median [IQR]	1.03 [0.80-1.79]
Albumin (mg/dL) – mean (SD)	3.24 (0.81)
Total bilirubin (mg/dL) – median [IQR]	0.60 [0.50-1.00]
White blood cell count (×109/L)– median [IQR]	11.70 [8.30-18.10]
Platelet count (×109/L) – median [IQR]	246 [184-309]
International normalized ratio – median [IQR]	1.2 [1.1-1.5]
ASA classification – median [IQR]	3 [3-4]