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. 2021 Nov 13;108(12):1448–1464. doi: 10.1093/bjs/znab336

Table 2.

Multilevel model of association between SARS-COV-2 infection and pulmonary complications in elective abdominal cancer surgery

Postoperative SARS-COV-2 diagnosis 30-day postoperative pulmonary complications
Univariable analysis
Multilevel analysis
Yes No Odds ratio * P Odds ratio * P
  No 390 (5.4) 6825 (94.6) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Yes 100 (53.5) 87 (46.5) 20.11 (14.84, 27.33) < 0.001 24.95 (16.75, 37.17) < 0.001
Age (years)
  < 60 92 (4.0) 2189 (96.0) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  60–69 136 (6.1) 2077 (93.9) 1.56 (1.19, 2.05) 0.001 1.26 (0.92, 1.74) 0.153
  > 70 262 (9.0) 2646 (91.0) 2.36 (1.85, 3.02) < 0.001 1.96 (1.44, 2.66) < 0.001
Sex
  F 162 (4.4) 3482 (95.6) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  M 328 (8.7) 3430 (91.3) 2.06 (1.70, 2.50) < 0.001 1.75 (1.38, 2.22) < 0.001
ASA grade
  I–II 244 (4.9) 4717 (95.1) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  III–V 232 (10.4) 1998 (89.6) 2.24 (1.86, 2.71) < 0.001 1.60 (1.26, 2.04) < 0.001
Obese (BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2)
  No 314 (6.3) 4676 (93.7) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Yes 128 (7.0) 1690 (93.0) 1.13 (0.91, 1.39) 0.268 1.20 (0.93, 1.54) 0.152
Smoker
  Not current 418 (6.3) 6243 (93.7) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Current 72 (9.7) 669 (90.3) 1.61 (1.23, 2.08) < 0.001 1.59 (1.16, 2.19) 0.004
Chronic lung disease
  No 393 (6.1) 6060 (93.9) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Yes 97 (10.2) 852 (89.8) 1.76 (1.38, 2.21) < 0.001 1.47 (1.10, 1.95) 0.009
Cardiovascular disease
  No 226 (5.6) 3816 (94.4) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Yes 264 (7.9) 3096 (92.1) 1.44 (1.20, 1.73) < 0.001 1.08 (0.85, 1.38) 0.512
Diabetes mellitus
  No 391 (6.3) 5777 (93.7) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Yes 99 (8.0) 1135 (92.0) 1.29 (1.02, 1.61) 0.030 0.94 (0.70, 1.25) 0.648
Operative approach
  Minimally invasive 194 (5.1) 3576 (94.9) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Open 296 (8.2) 3333 (91.8) 1.64 (1.36, 1.98) < 0.001 1.37 (1.09, 1.74) 0.008
Operative site
  Lower abdominal 295 (5.0) 5562 (95.0) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Upper abdominal 114 (8.7) 1193 (91.3) 1.80 (1.43, 2.25) < 0.001 1.62 (1.14, 2.30) 0.007
  Thoracoabdominal 81 (34.0) 157 (66.0) 9.73 (7.24, 13.00) < 0.001 10.56 (6.74, 16.54) < 0.001
Operative complexity
  Intermediate/aajor 270 (5.3) 4824 (94.7) 1.00 (reference) 1.00 (reference)
  Complex major 220 (9.5) 2088 (90.5) 1.88 (1.56, 2.26) < 0.001 0.86 (0.63, 1.19) 0.360

Values in parentheses are percentages unless indicated otherwise.

*

Values in parentheses are 95 per cent confidence intervals. SARS-COV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. Number in model = 6644, number of groups = 493, Akaike information criterion = 2646.2, C-statistic = 0.852.