Table II.
Thirty-day postoperative outcomes in patients with and without metabolic syndrome.
| Postoperative complication | No metabolic syndrome |
Metabolic syndrome |
P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||
| Superficial SSI | 60 | 0.25% | 9 | 0.31% | .564 |
| Deep SSI | 14 | 0.06% | 3 | 0.10% | .377 |
| Organ space SSI | 55 | 0.23% | 3 | 0.10% | .174 |
| Wound dehiscence | 16 | 0.07% | 1 | 0.03% | .516 |
| DVT/Thrombophlebitis | 74 | 0.31% | 9 | 0.31% | .991 |
| Pulmonary embolism | 65 | 0.27% | 9 | 0.31% | .723 |
| Stroke/CVA | 19 | 0.08% | 3 | 0.10% | .679 |
| Pneumonia | 101 | 0.43% | 24 | 0.83% | .003 |
| Renal insufficiency | 15 | 0.06% | 8 | 0.28% | <.001 |
| Acute renal failure | 6 | 0.03% | 4 | 0.14% | .009 |
| Myocardial infarction | 55 | 0.23% | 17 | 0.59% | <.001 |
| Cardiac arrest | 12 | 0.05% | 2 | 0.07% | .684 |
| Sepsis | 30 | 0.13% | 9 | 0.31% | .018 |
| Septic shock | 12 | 0.05% | 1 | 0.03% | .714 |
| Bleeding transfusions | 404 | 1.70% | 66 | 2.28% | .027 |
| Failure to wean | 26 | 0.11% | 0 | 0.00% | .998 |
| Reintubation | 39 | 0.16% | 9 | 0.31% | .085 |
| Reoperation | 313 | 1.32% | 55 | 1.90% | .012 |
| Readmission | 662 | 2.79% | 113 | 3.90% | <.001 |
| Mortality | 36 | 0.15% | 6 | 0.21% | .480 |
| Nonhome discharge | 1892 | 7.98% | 377 | 13.02% | <.001 |
| Prolonged hospital stay (>3 days) | 1386 | 5.84% | 295 | 10.19% | <.001 |
SSI, surgical site infection; DVT, deep vein thrombosis; CVA, cerebrovascular accident.
Bold P value indicates statistical significance with P value set to <.05.