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. 2024 Feb 20;11:1290299. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1290299

Table 2.

Univariate and multivariate analyses of factors associated with postoperative complications.

Factors Univariate analysis Multivariate analysis
Low CXI Low H-CXI
OR (95%CI) p OR (95%CI) p OR (95%CI) p
Age, years
≥75/<75 2.298 (1.755–3.009) < 0.001 * 2.054 (1.548–2.724) < 0.001 * 2.009 (1.510–2.673) < 0.001 *
Sex
Male/Female 1.042 (0.812–1.338) 0.745 1.056 (0.817–1.365) 0.676 1.055 (0.816–1.363) 0.683
BMI, kg/m2
≥25/<25 1.209 (0.914–1.599) 0.184
Low CXI
Yes/No 1.455 (1.112–1.904) 0.006 * 1.298 (0.981–1.718) 0.068
Low H-CXI
Yes/No 1.628 (1.246–2.125) < 0.001 * 1.337 (1.008–1.772) 0.044 *
Cachexia
Yes/No 1.199 (0.913–1.574) 0.192
Anemia
Yes/No 1.237 (0.962–1.590) 0.098 0.955 (0.730–1.250) 0.739 0.950 (0.725–1.243) 0.707
NRS2002
≥3/<3 1.074 (0.827–1.395) 0.591
ASA grade
III/I, II 1.876 (1.318–2.670) < 0.001 * 1.618 (1.120–2.337) 0.010 * 1.575 (1.092–2.274) 0.015 *
Previous abdominal surgery
Yes/No 0.943 (0.692–1.285) 0.710
Tumor location
Rectum/Colon 1.070 (0.835–1.371) 0.591
Differentiation of tumor
Low/median or high 1.314 (0.946–1.826) 0.103
TNM stage
II/<I 1.307 (0.948–1.801) 0.102 1.200 (0.863–1.669) 0.279 1.198 (0.861–1.666) 0.284
III/<I 1.418 (1.022–1.967) 0.037 * 1.324 (0.946–1.854) 0.101 1.325 (0.946–1.854) 0.101
Combined organ resection
Yes/No 1.243 (0.762–2.029) 0.383
Laparoscopic surgery
Yes/No 0.691 (0.541–0.881) 0.003 * 0.758 (0.590–0.974) 0.030 * 0.761 (0.592–0.977) 0.032 *

OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; BMI, body mass index; CXI, cachexia index; NRS2002, Nutritional Risk Screening 2002; ASA, American Society of Anesthesiologists; TNM, tumor-node-metastasis. * Statistically significant.