Table 5.
Independent relevant factors of clinicopathological features on diarrhea during EF
| Univariate analysis | Multivariate analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | P | 95% CI | OR | P | 95% CI | |
| Age, ≥ 70 | 0.906 | 0.780 | 0.453–1.813 | 0.776 | 0.547 | 0.340–1.771 |
| Dysphagia score, ≥ 1 | 3.400 | 0.001 | 1.604–7.208 | 3.781 | 0.009 | 1.398–10.227 |
| Clinical stage, ≥ III | 1.356 | 0.391 | 0.677–2.715 | 0.357 | 0.092 | 0.108–1.181 |
| Neoadjuvant chemotherapy, + | 1.981 | 0.056 | 0.983–3.993 | 2.976 | 0.040 | 1.050–8.436 |
| Preoperative body weight, < median (57.9 kg) | 1.880 | 0.079 | 0.929–3.804 | 2.157 | 0.082 | 0.908–5.125 |
| Preoperative PNI, < median (48.0) | 1.400 | 0.347 | 0.695–2.822 | 1.077 | 0.869 | 0.447–2.594 |
| Preoperative NLR, ≥ median (2.62) | 1.086 | 0.817 | 0.540–2.181 | 1.111 | 0.819 | 0.451–2.737 |
| Preoperative CRP, positive | 1.771 | 0.156 | 0.804–3.898 | 1.397 | 0.497 | 0.532–3.665 |
| Transthoracic approach, Thoracotomy | 1.959 | 0.091 | 0.898–4.272 | 2.222 | 0.084 | 0.900–5.488 |
| Abdominal approach, Laparotomy | 1.058 | 0.883 | 0.498–2.251 | 1.087 | 0.867 | 0.409–2.887 |
| Postoperative pneumonia, + | 2.139 | 0.065 | 0.954–4.794 | 2.593 | 0.058 | 0.969–6.937 |
| Anastomotic leakage, + | 2.021 | 0.169 | 0.741–5.509 | 4.368 | 0.022 | 1.232–15.488 |
| Surgical site infection, + | 0.603 | 0.454 | 0.160–2.270 | 0.222 | 0.089 | 0.039–1.255 |
| Therapeutic antibiotics, + | 1.525 | 0.255 | 0.737–3.154 | 1.349 | 0.547 | 0.532–3.665 |
OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, CRP C-reactive protein, PNI prognostic nutritional index, NLR neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, CRP C-reactive protein