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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 May 4.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Surg. 2014 May;259(5):960–965. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000226

TABLE 5.

Regression Predictors of Outcomes by Base Model (Age, BMI, ASA, Comorbidities) and Individual Predictors

Major Complications
Surgical ICU Admission
Days in Hospital
Rehabilitation Discharge
30-d Readmission
OR P OR P β P OR P OR P
Base model
 Age 1.03 0.22 1.04 0.22 0.22 0.07 1.10 0.04 0.94 0.02
 BMI 1.10 0.07 0.96 0.39 0.30 0.01 1.08 0.21 1.02 0.74
 ASA 0.68 0.43 2.41 0.16 − 0.10 0.41 1.53 0.70 1.78 0.28
 Comorbidities 0.90 0.50 1.16 0.36 0.00 0.97 1.09 0.71 1.00 0.99
Individual predictors
 Weight loss 0.81 0.70 2.17 0.23 0.08 0.55 2.47 0.38 1.25 0.73
 Exhaustion 4.06 0.01 4.30 0.01 0.27 0.02 2.39 0.32 1.98 0.25
 Weakness 0.70 0.51 1.70 0.37 − 0.09 0.50 0.92 0.93 1.45 0.56
 Walk time − 0.02 0.96 0.82 0.57 − 0.07 0.95 1.33 0.59 1.06 0.90
 Chair stands 0.82 0.34 0.74 0.20 − 0.01 0.99 0.50 0.06 0.76 0.28
 SPPB 1.06 0.62 0.93 0.55 0.12 0.43 0.67 0.04 1.02 0.87
 VES-13 1.05 0.80 1.16 0.47 0.13 0.38 0.55 0.29 0.78 0.32
 Memory score 0.97 0.65 1.06 0.45 0.07 0.58 1.11 0.47 1.04 0.60

ASA indicates the American Society of Anesthesiologists preoperative assessment score; SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery, 0 to 12 with higher scores indicating better function; VES-13, 0 to 13 with higher scores indicating higher burden.